Discovered in the Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan along the Silk Road, the manuscript passed through the hands of Afghan rulers, private collectors and scholars before being identified as the oldest known Hebrew book.
'This artifact has been in the country for over a thousand years, generation after generation, surviving revolutions, violence, fires and much more,' Prof. Yoram Meital told The Jerusalem Post.
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