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.
A 1,000-year old Hebrew Bible described as “one of the most important and singular texts in human history” has sold at ...
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 Codex Sassoon, a Hebrew Bible from the late 9th or early 10th century, was bought at auction at Sotheby’s for $38.1 ...
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 ...
A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old and described as “one of the most important and singular texts in human history” has ...
It is the earliest surviving example of a single manuscript containing all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible with punctuation, vowels and accents. US lawyer and former ambassador Alfred Moses bought it for ...
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, 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 ...
