Jewish Journal

Codex Sassoon — Oldest Most Complete Hebrew Bible — Sells for Record $38.1 million

Shulamith Bahat, CEO of ANU America with Daniel Pincus, President of the American Friends of ANU and Irina Nevzlin, Chair of the Board of ANU. Photo by Perry ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

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 roughly 1,100 years ago on 792 pages of sheepskin. (JTA) – A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible became the ...
Artnet

A 1,100-Year-Old Hebrew Bible, Missing Only a Few Chapters of Genesis, Could Fetch Up to $50 Million at Auction

In the context of the 9th century, the biblical text was an expensive undertaking requiring well over 100 animal skins, 400 sheets of parchment, and countless hours of labor as an expert scribe ...
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 ...
The Times of Israel

Codex Sassoon, oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, in Israel for permanent display

The Codex Sassoon, the world’s oldest nearly complete copy of the Hebrew Bible, arrived in Israel on Thursday and will be permanently displayed at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv ...
NPR

A Hebrew Bible that is 1,100 years old sells for $38 million at an auction

NEW YORK — 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 ...
New York Post

Sotheby’s hopes to sell 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible for $30 million

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, handwritten parchment ...
Business Wire

The Institute for Hebrew Bible Manuscript Research Recovers Lost Text from Oldest, Most Complete Hebrew Bible for Sale at Sotheby’s Auction

BEDFORD, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 1,100-year-old Sassoon Codex, the oldest, most complete Hebrew Bible in private hands, is scheduled for auction at Sotheby’s on May 17, 2023. The Sassoon Codex is ...
CBS News

Codex Sassoon, oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, sold at auction for $38.1 million

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CNBC

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.
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.

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. A more than 1,000 year-old copy of the Hebrew bible will be put up for auction by Sotheby's in May for ...
Barron's

The Codex Sassoon, the World’s Oldest, Most Complete Hebrew Bible, Sells for $38.1 Million

The world’s oldest, most complete Hebrew Bible, which dates from 1,100 years ago, was auctioned Wednesday for US$38.1 million—setting a new record for the most expensive manuscript ever sold at ...