“The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuitof an Ancient Bible” by Matti Friedman (Algonquin, $24.95) “The Aleppo Codex” is a detective-style story about the most important ...
(CNN) — A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old and described as “one of the most important and singular texts in human history” has become the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction. The ...
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 ...
A $700 digital microscope — in the hands of an ancient manuscripts scholar — may have added to the significance of an ancient Hebrew Bible manuscript sold for $38 million Wednesday. The 1,100-year-old ...
Codex Sassoon sells for $33.5 million, a record for a book sold at auction, at Sotheby's in New York on May 17. Codex Sassoon, the oldest Tanach in private hands, was sold last week Wednesday, May 17, ...
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 ...
A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old and described as "one of the most important and singular texts in human history" has become the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction. The Codex ...