“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 ...

(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 ...

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 Codex Sassoon, a late ninth- or early 10th-century book Sotheby’s has dubbed the “earliest, most complete copy of the Hebrew Bible,” was sold for $38.1 million Wednesday afternoon to American ...

The owner of two hotels in Co Kerry has sold one of the most influential books in history for $38.1 million at a recent auction, thought to be one of the highest prices ever paid for a historical ...

A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for US$38.1 million in New York on Wednesday, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction. The Codex Sassoon — which dates to ...

It was a bittersweet moment for ANU — The Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. After centuries away from the public eye, the Codex Sassoon, the world’s earliest surviving copy of the Hebrew Bible, ...

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 ...

(RNS) — Purchased by the American Friends of the ANU, Museum of the Jewish People, Codex Sassoon is one of the most expensive historical documents ever sold at auction. The purchase of the Codex ...