Add MS 11659
Hebrew Gospels — British Library Add MS 11659
A Hebrew translation of the four Gospels in a manuscript of 134 leaves.
- Library
- British Library
London, United Kingdom - When was it made?
- Written in 1805
- Language
- Hebrew
- Format
- Bound book
- What is it?
- A later Hebrew copy of the Gospels. It is valuable for translation history, but it is not an ancient Gospel manuscript.
- Can you view it?
- Yes — at the library
- Do we have the text?
- Not yet
- Linked to Bible passages?
- Not yet
- Where can you view it?
- On the library website
MANUSCRIPT VIEWEROn the library website
IMAGE ACCESS
THIS MANUSCRIPT IS REAL, BUT ITS IMAGES ARE KEPT BY THE LIBRARY.
We can still show you what the manuscript is, what it contains, and why it matters. Use the library link below when its images are available there.
CONTEXT
Why it is fascinating
It gives us a complete Hebrew Gospel collection from the early 1800s and shows that Hebrew New Testament copying continued well into the modern period.
We do not have a full readable text here yet
TEXT COMPARISON
Have we compared the wording?
Not yet. We will only list differences after the manuscript text has been checked line by line.
About the images
The British Library lists this manuscript as digitized, but the older online images are currently unavailable. MANUSKRPT links to the library record.