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NEW YORK - A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old is set to be sold at auction in New York for up to an estimated $50 million, Sotheby's announced Wednesday.

NEW YORK - The world's oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible will go on display in London next week before an auction in May where it could sell for up to $50 million (S$66 million), Sotheby's said on Wednesday (Feb 15). If the 1,000-year-old holy book sells for near its estimated value, the Codex Sassoon would become the most valuable...

By Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible will go on display in London next week before an auctio...

By Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible will go on display in London next week before an auctio...

The Hebrew Bible is composed of 24 books divided into three parts and is the foundation of Judaism and other Abrahamic faiths.

Bbc news, thwaites glacier. the earliest and most complete hebrew bible ever discovered, is to be sold at auction, and is expected to fetch as much as 50 million dollars. the volume, referred to as the codex sassoon, dates back more than 1,000 years. london—based auction house sotheby�*s says it is a critical link between the dead sea scrolls and the bible of today. its valuation makes it the most costly historical document or manuscript to appear at auction. this bible was written in the ye...

It is one of the only two manuscripts that contains all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible - Click the link for more details.

Wealthy collectors of Jewish historical items will have a chance to purchase something really old when the Codex Sassoon, a nearly complete Hebrew Bible dating back to the early 10th century, goes on sale at Sotheby's on May 16.

The Codex Sassoon will go up for auction in New York City​ in May and is expected to become the most valuable historical document ever sold at auction.

Over-millennium-old tome is the oldest, most complete link between the ancient oral tradition and the modern rabbinic tradition and could become the most valuable historical document ever auctioned