The oldest surviving complete Bible. Sasson crown (photo: courtesy of Sotheby's)
The Sassoon Crown, the earliest complete copy of the Bible, will be displayed to the public at the "Ano" Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv at the end of the month, for one week only - it was announced today (Tuesday). The book, also known as the Sassoon Codex, dates from the beginning of the tenth century
. Keter Aram Tzova, this is the only book of the Bible that survived from the first millennium AD, however, it is more complete: except for 12 missing pages, it includes the entire Bible. The manuscript has traveled throughout history between different owners, among them the collector David Suleiman Sasson, after which it is named. It is currently held in a private collection in Geneva, but the book will soon be auctioned in New York and is expected to sell for $30 to $50 million—more than any other manuscript in history.
But before that he comes to Israel for a short period of time, and will be exhibited at the Eno Museum - the former Beit Hatfutsut, which was relaunched exactly two years ago and since then has been visited by almost 600 thousand people.
The exhibition, which will be on display between March 23-29, is open to the public for free - but entry is subject to prior registration.
You can register for the exhibition here.
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