“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
(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 ...
The Codex Sassoon is an ancient tome containing almost the entirety of the Hebrew Bible and is set to go on sale at Sotheby's in May. First created by Masoretes in the 10th or 11th century, the ...
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, ...
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 ...