British Library
London, United Kingdom
Sloane MS 237
Hebrew Revelation — British Library Sloane MS 237
Four surviving leaves from a Hebrew translation of Revelation. The British Library currently calls it a Hebrew New Testament translation, while OPenn identifies the text more specifically as Revelation.
- Where is it today?
- British Library
London, United Kingdom - When was it made?
- Written sometime in the 1500s or 1600s
- Language
- Hebrew
- Format
- Fragment
- What is it?
- A later Hebrew translation of part of Revelation. It is not the original book of Revelation, but it belongs in the Gallery because it preserves real Bible text in manuscript form.
THE STORY
How did this manuscript get here?
We do not know the exact place where this manuscript was first copied. The sources we have checked do not say.
The person who copied this manuscript is not clearly named in the sources we have checked.
Its earlier path is still being researched. Today the four surviving leaves are part of the British Library’s Sloane manuscript collection in London.
Hebrew handwriting on only four surviving leaves.
- 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
Only four leaves survive, but they preserve part of Revelation in Hebrew. Small fragments like this can still tell us a lot about how biblical books were translated and copied.
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 says the older digitized images are currently unavailable. MANUSKRPT keeps the manuscript in the Gallery and links to the library record until the images return.