The headline overstates the case, although the subheader is correct. These are the oldest mauscripts of the Jewish Scriptures belonging to the Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews now in Israel). The article explains:
“The Orit of Beta Israel includes the Five Books of Moses as well as Joshua, Judges and the Scroll of Ruth," said Prof. Dalit Rom-Shiloni of the Department of Biblical Studies.The oldest Ethiopic (i.e. Ge'ez) Old Testament manuscript I know of dates to before 1270 CE. The oldest Ge'ez manuscript I know of is the Garima Gospels, which dates to the fourth to seventh centuries.
Nevertheless, these are early Ge'ez manuscripts and it's great to have them and to know they are well cared for.
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