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Daily Briefing June 2: Day 605 – Ancient Bibles receive new homes for Torah holiday
Religions reporter Rossella Tercatin on Anu's Codex, converts' issues and Messianic traditions of slain Yaron Lischinsky; ...
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An ancient Bible just sold for $38.1 million. Here's why it's so important
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 ...
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From ‘Harry Potter’ to the Bible, why rare books are having a moment
Moses who snapped up the Codex after a mere 10 minutes of bidding and is donating the ancient bible to the ANU Museum of the Jewish people in Tel Aviv. The Codex sale marked a record for a ...
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The oldest, most complete Hebrew Bible that went missing for 600 years sells for a record $38 million
An ancient Hebrew Bible has just sold at Sotheby's auction house in New York for $38 million. The ancient text, written in around 900 AD, is the most complete early copy of the Hebrew Bible.