In 2017, Prof. Yoram Meital rediscovered the Zechariah Ben Anan manuscript in a Cairo, Egypt synagogue. The manuscript is similar to the Aleppo Codex and Codex L (the most important Hebrew Bibles; currently only containing the Writing’s section). It is named after the scribe who produced it, Zechariah Ben Anan (ZBAM for short). Here is a recently released video describing Meital’s experience (#1 below). Yesterday, on June 29th, MIKRA participated in a presentation out of Cairo sponsored by the Egyptian non profit, A Drop of Milk Association, that interviews key persons in a project to preserve the manuscript. It has been released and is linked below (#5).

(1) Video on the discovery.

(2) Here are two articles by MIKA CEO Brian Rickett on the discovery: Article 1; Article 2.

(3) Here is Yoram Meital’s JQR article on the rediscovery.

(4) Richard Gottheil’s original 1905 article on his discovery of the ZBAM in The Jewish Quarterly Review.

(5) June 29th presentation on the rediscovery of the manuscript by the non profit, Drop of Milk Association.