The Afghan Liturgical Quire (ALQ), also known as the Afghan Siddur, is a quire from the Afghan Geniza in Bamyan, Afghanistan. It is the oldest Hebrew book ever discovered,^[1] and contains Hebrew liturgical texts, including prayers, blessings, and poetry. The manuscript was written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Judeo-Persian.

For an unknown reason, a portion of the Passover haggadah is upside-down in the book.

The manuscript was originally believed to have come from the Cairo Geniza in Egypt with an estimated origin from the 900s CE. In 2016, a photograph of the book in Afghanistan from 1997 was discovered, which led to radiometric dating tests on four parts of the manuscript.^[2] These parts of the manuscript were dated to c. 780 CE in 2019.^[3]

The book was found by a Hazara man, who gave it to a local Afghan leader.^[4] In 2013, the manuscript was purchased by Steve Green, president of Hobby Lobby and founder of the Museum of the Bible. It was later donated to the museum, which opened in 2017.

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