Ancient Bible fragment posted online

By · December 23, 2012 · Jewish World ·

Excerpts of article from The TimesofIsrael.com

The Nash Papyrus. (photo credit: Wikimedia commons)

A 2,000-year-old fragment containing the Ten Commandments and part of the Shema prayer discovered in Egypt in the late 19th century was recently posted online by The University of Cambridge.

It is the world’s second oldest known ink-written manuscript containing a text from the Hebrew Bible. The oldest are the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Two silver amulets etched with the Priestly Blessing (Numbers 6, 24-26) were found at the Ketef Hinnom site in Jerusalem, and dated to the sixth century BCE. The tiny pieces are considered the most ancient instances of Biblical text ever found.

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