Autopsy: A Guide to Examining Ancient Manuscripts in Person

By Drew Longacre, PhD

By MIKRA Paleographer, Drew Longacre

If you came to this site because you couldn’t resist seeing for yourself what Word by Word could possibly have to do with autopsies—gotcha! You will find no cadavers or gory CSI scenes here. All this goes to show that appearances can be deceiving, and you have to check things out for yourself. In fact, “autopsy” here just means exactly that: seeing something with your own eyes.