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.
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 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 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 oldest, most complete Hebrew Bible in private hands, is scheduled for auction at Sotheby’s on May 17, 2023. The Sassoon Codex is the earliest surviving manuscript in private hands to have ...
The oldest Hebrew Bible in the world has sold ... Sotheby’s hopes for record US$30 million sale of ancient Hebrew Bible The only other nearly complete Hebrew Bible to survive from the tenth ...
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.
The sale surpassed the $30.8 million (about ... also considered to predate the Leningrad Codex, the oldest surviving copy of the Hebrew Bible text in its entirety which dates to the early eleventh ...
the oldest, most complete Hebrew Bible in private hands, is scheduled for auction at Sotheby’s on May 17, 2023. The Sassoon Codex is the earliest surviving manuscript in private hands to have ...
The sale surpassed the $30.8 million (about €28.48 million ... The manuscript is also considered to predate the Leningrad Codex, the oldest surviving copy of the Hebrew Bible text in its entirety ...
