But with the Bible, the stakes go up. When we say that something is “in the Bible,” what do we mean? Is it the exact ...

Codex Sassoon, oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, displayed in Israel after Oct. 7 delay In time for Shavuot, the country also welcomes another centuries-old unique manuscript, the Shem Tov Bible ...

What is the oldest Bible in the world? You might think of some dusty old tome secreted away in a vault, but the answer itself ...

1530/1 Old Testament books At some point in Germany, Tyndale learnt Hebrew, and set about translating the Old Testament from Hebrew to fulfil his dream of a complete Bible in English. First he ...

The Hebrew Bible begins with a grand evocation of the choreographed harmony of creation, which God plans to be dominated by humankind. But immediately, a second version of creation is introduced — ...

Thanks to their vowel markings, which go above and below the letters to show which vowels to pronounce, the Masoretes made Hebrew readable to outsiders. The Masoretic text is the most complete Hebrew ...

It is older than our oldest complete copy of the Hebrew Bible, the Leningrad [St. Petersburg] Codex (1008 CE) by about a century — the exact date of Codex Sassoon is not known, but is usually ...

The oldest Hebrew Bible in the world was sold at Sotheby's auction house in New York for $38 million. The ancient leather-bound, handwritten parchment volume, which dates from around 900 AD., ...

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. The ...

The oldest most complete Hebrew Bible has been bought at Sotheby's New York for $38.1m (£30.6m), becoming the most valuable manuscript sold at auction.

A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for $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 ...