Sloane Codex (Heb.)
Sloane Codex (Heb.)
This codex, formerly known as Kenn. 126, is now designated as Sloane 4708. It originally belonged to Da Costa of Amsterdam, and is now in the library of the British Museum. It contains the later prophets. It has no Masoretic notes; but the Keri, vowels, and accents have been added by a later hand. According to Heidenheim, this codex was written between the 6th and 8th centuries; but Strack says, Hunc codicem esse antiquum libenter concedimus, minime vero plus undecim saecula eum habere demonstratum est, cum e sola literarum figura de librorum Hebraicorum aetate accurate concludi nequeat. Whatever may be the age, the Sloane codex contains a great many various readings as well as omissions. Thus, e.g., we notice:
Isa 1:30, , V.D.H. . Isa 2:6, , V.D.H. . Isa 3:6,!, V.D.H.!. Isa 3:18, Isa 4:4, , V.D.H. . Isa 6:5, omitted. Isa 7:14, omitted. Isa 11:11, omitted. Isa 17:10, , V.D.H., . Isa 20:1, omitted. Isa 25:11, omitted. Isa 27:9, omitted. Isa 51:18, , V.D.H. . Isa 53:11, and omitted. Isa 56:2, omitted. Isa 56:7, omitted. Isa 56:11, omitted. Isa 57:7, , V.D.H. . Isa 57:15, omitted. Isa 57:18, omitted. Isa 60:10,! omitted. Isa 60:19,! omitted. Isa 64:8, omitted. Isa 65:3, omitted. Isa 65:8, omitted.
These readings we have taken from Heidenhem’s Deutsche Vierteljarsschrift fur engilsch-theologische Forschung und Kritik, where in 1, 268-274, 398-405, 553-562; 2, 73-79, the variations and omissions of this codex are noted down. See also Strack, Prolegomena Critica (Lips. 1873), p. 47. (B.P.)