A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible that is one of the world’s oldest surviving biblical manuscripts sold for $38 million in New York on Wednesday. The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, handwritten ...

It’s the earliest surviving manuscript of the Hebrew Bible that has all 24 books — the books that make up what Christians refer to as the Old Testament — with punctuation, vowels and accents.

The Bible resurfaced in 1929 and was offered for sale to David Solomon Sassoon, a scholar with a collection of Hebrew manuscripts. He purchased the Bible and it was named the Codex Sassoon for him.

A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old and described as “one of the most important and singular texts in human history” has ...

A 1,000-year old Hebrew Bible described as “one of the most important and singular texts in human history” has sold at ...

the oldest surviving copy of the Hebrew Bible text in its entirety, and dated to the early eleventh century. Sotheby’s auctioneer Benjamin Doller (R) takes bids during the Codex Sassoon sale at ...

A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible thought to be the world's oldest and most complete surviving copy of biblical manuscripts sold ...

By Jennifer Schuessler The oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible sold at Sotheby’s for $ ... The earliest is a deed of sale from around 1000 A.D., indicating that it was sold by Khalaf ben Abraham ...

The oldest most complete Hebrew Bible has been bought at Sotheby's New York for $38.1m (£30.6m), becoming the most valuable manuscript sold at auction. The Codex Sassoon is thought to have been ...

The sale surpassed the $30.8 million that ... is also considered to predate the Leningrad Codex, the oldest surviving copy of the Hebrew Bible text in its entirety, and dated to the early eleventh ...

The Codex Sassoon sold for one of the highest prices ever for a manuscript at auction and will be displayed at the ANU Museum ...

A book believed to be the earliest and most complete copy of the Hebrew Bible was sold for $38.1 million on Wednesday in New ...