[2x Match] Stand for Truth. Work for Justice. Learn More

Oldest Known Torah Scroll Discovered in Italy

A university professor said he has found what is believed to be world’s oldest complete Torah scroll. Photo courtesy RNS.

An Italian university professor on Wednesday said he has found what is believed to be world’s oldest complete Torah scroll.

Mauro Perani, professor of Hebrew at the University of Bologna, said the scroll originally was believed to be no more that a few hundred years old.

But new studies and carbon dating tests suggest it was written around 850 years ago.

Read the Full Article

To continue reading this article — and get full access to all our magazine content — subscribe now for as little as $4.95. Your subscription helps sustain our nonprofit journalism and allows us to pay authors for their terrific work! Thank you for your support.
Subscribe Now!