The bible will go on auction in May for somewhere between $30 to $50 million. Check out pictures of the sacred historic text below. A more than 1,000 year-old copy of the Hebrew bible will be put up ...

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In the context of the 9th century, the biblical text was an expensive undertaking requiring well over 100 animal skins, 400 sheets of parchment, and countless hours of labor as an expert scribe ...

The surviving sections of the world’s oldest Bible have been pieced together and unified online Monday, creating a unique opportunity for scholars to learn more about the centuries-old manuscript. The ...

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 ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. A Hebrew Bible that's more than 1,000 years old could sell for up to $50 million at auction this spring, which would make it the most valuable historical ...

The Codex Sassoon, which measures 12 by 14 inches, dates to the late ninth or early tenth century. Sotheby's At more than 1,000 years old, the Codex Sassoon is the world’s earliest near-complete ...

JERUSALEM, Israel — 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, ...

The "Codex Sassoon," an ancient Hebrew Bible written in the late 9th or early 10th century, was purchased Wednesday at Sotheby’s in New York City for $38.1 million. For the record: The price for "The ...

The world’s oldest, most complete Hebrew Bible, which dates from 1,100 years ago, was auctioned Wednesday for US$38.1 million—setting a new record for the most expensive manuscript ever sold at ...

The Codex Gigas is currently housed at the Swedish National Library in Stockholm. The Codex Gigas, often referred to as the "Devil's Bible," is a monumental 13th-century manuscript that continues to ...

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