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World’s oldest Hebrew Bible up for auction on Tuesday, could fetch $50 million

David Solomon Sassoon was the owner of one of the most impressive private collections of Hebrew manuscripts. Among his manuscripts was an early and complete Hebrew Bible, which was called the Codex ...
The Forward

Tenth Century Torah Was Penned By Famed Jewish Scribe

Researchers from Cambridge have identified the author of an 10th century collection of biblical scriptures: Samuel ben Jacob, the same scribe who penned the Leningrad Codex. The Codex is the main ...
Artnet

The Codex Sassoon, an Ancient Hebrew Bible, Raked in $33.5 Million at Sotheby’s, Making It One of the Most Valuable Manuscripts Ever Sold

The Bible may be the world’s most produced book, but there are few—if any—quite like the Codex Sassoon. Produced by a single, unknown scribe in the Levant around 1,100 years ago, it disappeared for ...
KREM

Ancient Hebrew Bible to be auctioned for estimated $30M price

JERUSALEM, Israel — One of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, a nearly complete 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, could soon be yours — for a cool $30 million. The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, ...
Business Insider

Check out the Codex Sassoon. It's the oldest, most complete Hebrew bible, and it's set to be sold by Sotheby's for $30 to $50 million.

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World's oldest Hebrew Bible could fetch $50 million at auction

A Hebrew Bible that's more than 1,000 years old could sell for up to $50 million at auction this spring. That price would make the Codex Sassoon the most valuable historical document ever auctioned.