Exciting: The oldest and most complete Bible in the world, known as the Codex Sasson, was purchased today (Wednesday) by the Friends of the ANU Museum of the Jewish People (formerly Beit Hatfutsot) in Tel Aviv and will be displayed there. The purchase amount - $ 38.1 million, was given by a donor. The Bible, whose date dates back to the late ninth and early tenth centuries, was on display this year in a museum that will now become its permanent home after 1,000 years of wandering around the world.
Codex Sasson, photo: courtesy of Sotheby's
Last March, ahead of its auction at Sotheby's, the Codex was presented in a rare way to the general public at the ANU Museum in Tel Aviv. According to Dr. Orit Shaham-Guber, chief curator of the ANU Museum, "The Sasson Codex is one of the most important surviving manuscripts in human history. A scientific examination revealed that it was probably written at the beginning of the tenth century CE. Although it is missing about 12 complete pages, it is considered the earliest and most complete copy of the Bible."
The Ten Commandments in the Sasson Codex, Photo: Ardon Bar Hama
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