Codex Sassoon, oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, purchased for $38.1 million
Rare, 1,100-year-old manuscript to be displayed at ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv after former US envoy to Romania submits winning bid
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Rare, 1,100-year-old manuscript to be displayed at ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv after former US envoy to Romania submits winning bid
By Aleksandra Michalska and Christine Kiernan NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible sold for $38.1 million on Wednesd...
A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible that is one of the world’s oldest surviving biblical manuscripts has sold for $38 million in New York.
The manuscript is the world’s oldest nearly complete copy of the Hebrew Bible. It was handwritten roughly 1,100 years ago on 792 pages of sheepskin.
The oldest nearly complete Hebrew Bible, known as the Codex Sassoon, which is about 1,100 years old (dating to the late 9th or early 10th century), has