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The Codex Sassoon, a Hebrew Bible from the late 9th or early 10th century, was bought at auction at Sotheby’s for $38.1 million.

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JERUSALEM — One of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, a nearly complete 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, could soon be yours — for a cool $30 million.

Its anticipated sale speaks to the still bullish market for art, antiquities and ancient manuscripts even in a worldwide bear economy. Sotheby’s is drumming up interest in hopes of enticing ...

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JERUSALEM -- One of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, a nearly complete 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, could soon be yours -- for a cool $30 million.

The a leather-bound, handwritten parchment tome containing almost the entirety of the Hebrew Bible is set to go on the block at Sotheby’s in New York in May.

The a leather-bound, handwritten parchment tome containing almost the entirety of the Hebrew Bible is set to go on the block at Sotheby’s in New York in May.