The "Codex Sassoon," an ancient Hebrew Bible written in the late 9th or early 10th century, was purchased Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York City for $38.1 million. For the record: The price for ...

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An ancient Hebrew Bible has just sold at Sotheby's auction house in New York for $38 million. The ancient text, written in around 900 AD, is the most complete early copy of the Hebrew Bible.

The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, handwritten parchment tome containing almost the entirety of the Hebrew Bible, is set to go on the block at Sotheby's in New York in May. Its anticipated sale ...

Ancient Hebrew Bible to be auctioned for estimated $30M price "It’s like the emergence of the biblical text as we know it today," a specialist at Sotheby’s said. To stream WUSA9 on your phone ...

An ancient Hebrew Bible, which is more than 1000 years old, is being sold at auction. The Codex Sassoon is "the earliest, most complete text of its kind," auction house Sotheby's said. It's ...

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JERUSALEM — 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 ...

The earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible ever discovered, the Codex Sassoon, is set to be sold at auction by Sotheby's in May. Experts expect it could bring as much as $50 million.