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Oldest most complete Hebrew Bible sells for $38m at auction
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 ...
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From Hebrew Bible to Christian Bible: Jews, Christians and the Word of God
His article "The Past as Destiny" will appear in the October issue of the Harvard Theological Review The Origins of the Hebrew Bible ... a Christian Bible. The English word "Bible" is from the ...
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World's oldest nearly complete Hebrew bible is expected to sell for up to $50 million, making it the most expensive book ever sold at auction
The book is "the earliest, most complete text of its ... referred to in English as the Writings. A staple of the Jewish religion, the Hebrew Bible is also followed in parts by Christians, who ...
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The oldest, most complete Hebrew Bible that went missing for 600 years sells for a record $38 million
"contains almost the entirety of the Hebrew Bible," making it the most complete early copy to exist, according to Sotheby's. It's known as the Codex Sassoon — named after its former owner ...
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Oldest most complete Hebrew Bible goes on display in Israel before sale
ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv is expecting some 10,000 visitors to see the Codex Sassoon The oldest most complete Hebrew Bible is on display in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv before ...
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Codex Sassoon acquired for ANU Museum of the Jewish People for $38.1 million
The manuscript is the world’s oldest nearly complete copy of the Hebrew Bible. It was handwritten in Syria or the Land of Israel roughly 1,100 years ago on 792 pages of sheepskin. It includes ...