As the name suggests, the Hebrew Bible is written, mostly, in Hebrew. But what is the earliest history of this language? What ...

The Hebrew word translated “vanity” (hebel ... In The Interpreter’s Bible (Vol. V), the possibility is considered, however, that the epilogue “might be the author’s own postscript ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible that is one of the world's oldest surviving biblical manuscripts sold for $38 million in New York on Wednesday. The Codex Sassoon, a leather-bound ...

Copied out on roughly 400 large parchment sheets, it contained the complete text of the Hebrew Bible, written in square letters similar to those of the Torah scrolls in any synagogue today.

The billionaire called Sharon Liberman Mintz one day last summer and told her something that would turn her life upside down: He was ready to sell his copy of the Hebrew Bible. She understood ...