David Solomon Sassoon was the owner of one of the most impressive private collections of Hebrew manuscripts. Among his manuscripts was an early and complete Hebrew Bible, which was called the Codex ...

A rare 14th-century ornate Hebrew Bible written during the golden age of Spain will be put on public display after being sold for $6.9m (£5.3m). The Bible, written by Rabbi Shem Tov Ibn Gaon in 1312AD ...

For the first time since 1968, the Great Isaiah Scroll has been unrolled to its 24-foot length and placed on display at the ...

The oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible, described as “one of the most important and singular texts in human history,” has become the most valuable manuscript ever to be sold at an 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 ...

The adage “never judge a book by its cover” could have been coined to describe the work we are highlighting this month: Sermones Thesauri Novi de Tempore, by Peter Paludanus, Patriarch of Jerusalem ...

Codex Sassoon, the earliest and most complete surviving manuscript of the Hebrew Bible ever discovered in book form, is being offered up for sale for the first time in over three decades. Sotheby's ...

JERUSALEM — One of the oldest surviving Hebrew manuscripts, a Bible dating back more than 1,000 years, will soon be available online in a joint project with the British Library in London, according to ...

The earliest, most complete Hebrew bible ever discovered is being sold at auction Wednesday at Sotheby's in New York City. It's estimated to go for between $30 and $50 million. MARISA MAZRIA KATZ: In ...

The Austrian National Library which has just celebrated its bi-centenary contains over 300 important Hebrew manuscripts, comprising three different collections: (1) the collection of Bishop Johannes ...

Playwright Angela J. Davis’ “The Spanish Prayer Book” is set in 2007, when an Oakland school teacher discovers she has inherited a collection of rare and valuable Hebrew texts — including the ...

The validity of the pre-Christian date ascribed to the recent discovery of ancient scrolls comprising the Book of Isaiah is further beclouded by the suppression of the Scroll of the Haftorat, a ...