Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex
The Hebrew bible, the Tanach, has been transcribed from the electronic
text of the Leningrad Codex maintained by the J. Alan Groves Center for
Advanced Biblical Research to a modern Unicode and XML-based format. The Coding
page describes the transcription process. The license of use is very generous.
Text can be rapidly accessed by providing a citation, i.e. Deut 26:5-9, in a
text field or by clicking on a succession of links. Text can be displayed in
a variety of formats and font sizes. Hebrew text may be highlighted, copied,
and pasted into Unicode compatible applications. Books of the Torah have an
option to display source markings of the Documentary Hypothesis (DH).
Files include a standard Text Encoding Initiative header describing the provenance
of the text..
- The Hebrew text is freely available with XML markup or without any markup
as text files. The text files are an official repository
of the Groves Center for the Westminster Leningrad Codex in Unicode.
- The site can be operated without an internet connection.
See the Technical page for instructions.
- An HTML Server is available separately to provide
standalone Hebrew text in a flexible, user-selected format.
- An RSS feed of random verses
provides a learning challenge.
- Text-dependent links to external sites, such as translations,
may be created.
Notices about the site are published on the b-hebrew mailing list at
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew. The subject line
of the notices contains the phrase "Unicode/XML Westminster Leningrad Codex".
Transcriber: Christopher V. Kimball, West Redding, CT, USA