Technical

General.

Zipped archives of Tanach books.

Determining the text version, build number and build date/time of the site.

Log of recent releases of Tanach.xml.zip.

General

The Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex [UXLC] is contained in files in the Books directory having Unicode Hebrew characters with XML markup. The presented Tanach text, in all forms, is obtained from these formal electronic files. The files are formal in the following sense:

The provenance of the text is fully documented in each file's Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) header which can be seen by clicking on the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex label at the top center of either the Home or Book page.

Upgrades to the reference text are done by an automated procedure and fully documented in each file's Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) header.
The Change summary gives an overview of all changes. The Changes page gives a detailed description of each text version, [UXLC N.M], and the files describing word-by-word changes for that version, yyyy.mm.dd - Changes.xml.

The XML markup of each book file is validated with the W3C-Schema file, Tanach.xsd.

Additional technical details are given in the XML files page. Hebrew text is provided by the server Server.xml to reduce download volumes.

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Zipped archives of Tanach books:

Zipped archives of Tanach books are available for a variety formats:

Format File

XML Tanach.xml.zip

Text Tanach.txt.zip

ODT Tanach.odt.zip

PDF Tanach.pdf.zip

Format	File
XML	Tanach.xml.zip
Text	Tanach.txt.zip
ODT	Tanach.odt.zip
PDF	Tanach.pdf.zip

All zipped files have full content (accents) and contain License information. The XML files in Tanach.xml.zip are the basis for the Hebrew text in all other formats. Only Tanach.xml.zip contains book files with Documentary Hypothesis (DH) markings. HTML files are not available in an archive file and must be individually downloaded.

Determining the text version, build number and build date/time of the site:

The text version appears in square brackets in the center top label of most pages, i.e. Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex [UXLC N.M] . Generally, text versions change more slowly than site builds documented by the build number. Differences between UXLC versions are documented on the Supplements page accessible through a link on the left side of the Home page..

The build number at the bottom right of each page consists of a major build number, a decimal point (.), and a minor build number. Changes in builds are described on the Changes page. Minor changes and bug fixes are undocumented as they usually consist of corrections imperceptible to the average user.

The build date/time has the format dd mmm yyyy hh:mm, i.e. 04 Oct 2020 16:25, and appears in parentheses in the TEI headers following the build number. It is the date/time of the most recent full construction of the site. It appears on each of the 4 outputs from the Book page: XML, Text, HTML, ODT. Generally, the build date/time changes much more frequently than the text version, [UXLC N.M], or the build number, X.Y.

The length and SHA-256 hash of the Tanach.xml.zip file is provided below to allow validation. The smallest perturbation of any contained file will greatly change the SHA-256 hash.

Property Value

Text version UXLC 2.1

Build number 27.2

Build date/time 31 Mar 2024 06:58

Length 2350723

SHA-256 hash 44c7c326107a4cc1fdc6f4c9281200c6d52843b18dfd57c09128649985c006c5

Property	Value
Text version	UXLC 2.1
Build number	27.2
Build date/time	31 Mar 2024 06:58
Length	2350723
SHA-256 hash	44c7c326107a4cc1fdc6f4c9281200c6d52843b18dfd57c09128649985c006c5

The Previous versions page allows access to recent builds of the site. An edited log of recent releases of Tanach.xml.zip is also available.

27.2