Shapira Manuscript
Shapira Manuscript
is the name given by Bar and Delitzsch to a Hebrew codex which Jacob Shapira or Sappir, a Jewish rabbi from Jerusalem, brought from Arabia, and sold to the public library at Paris in 1868. It is written on parchment, and, according to Delitzsch in his preface to his edition of the book of Isaiah in connection with S. Bar (Leips. 1872), it is pervetustum, integrum et omnino eximium. This codex contains some very valuable readings, of which we note e.g. the following:
1Ki 20:33, it reads in the text , and in the margin in the Keri
Isa 10:15, (Van der Hooght ), which is also supported by a great many MSS. and printed editions, as the Complut.: Venice, 1518, 1521; Munster’s, 1534, 1546; Stephan’s, Hutter’s, 1587; Venice, 1678, 1690, 1730, 1739; Mantuan, 1742, etc.
Isa 15:2, (Van der Hooght ), which is in accordance with the Masorah, and which is also found in Jer 48:37.
Isa 63:11, (Van der Hooght ), so many MSS. and editions.
Psa 78:51, (V. d. Hooght ), which is also found in 2 codd. Kermic (No. 97, 133). (B.P.)