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1,100 year-old Hebrew Bible sells for $38 million
According to the news from AP, a 1,100 year-old Hebrew Bible sells for $38 million in a New York Auction. The said bible is one of the world’s oldest surviving biblical manuscripts. Former U.S. Ambassador to Romania, Alfred H. Moses purchased the Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound, handwritten parchment volume containing a nearly complete Hebrew Bible. He purchased the said bible on behalf of the American friends of ANU and donated it to ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, where it will join the collection. The manuscript was exhibited at the ANU museum in March 2023 as part of a worldwide tour before the auction. According to Sotheby’s…