{"id":114104,"date":"2023-05-18T15:22:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T15:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=114104"},"modified":"2023-05-18T15:25:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T15:25:37","slug":"worlds-oldest-hebrew-bible-sells-for-a-record-breaking-38-1-million-by-lianne-kolirin-and-jacqui-palumbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/worlds-oldest-hebrew-bible-sells-for-a-record-breaking-38-1-million-by-lianne-kolirin-and-jacqui-palumbo\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s oldest Hebrew Bible sells for a record-breaking $38.1 million &#8211; By Lianne Kolirin and Jacqui Palumbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>World\u2019s oldest Hebrew Bible sells for a record-breaking $38.1 million &#8211; <span style=\"color: #008080;\">By Lianne Kolirin and Jacqui Palumbo<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/style\/article\/oldest-bible-auction-scli-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-114101 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230215095901-01-oldest-bible-auction.jpg?c=16x9&amp;q=h_720,w_1280,c_fill\/f_webp\" alt=\"Kandy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_65AC40B9-828D-1DFD-3F6B-559070FA32FB@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/style\/article\/oldest-bible-auction-scli-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">edition.cnn.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_65AC40B9-828D-1DFD-3F6B-559070FA32FB@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old and described as \u201cone of the most important and singular texts in human history\u201d has become the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_043016F5-0E64-2142-8F5A-55BD6CA3BD9F@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Codex Sassoon, dating from the late 9th or early 10th century, sold for $38.1 million at Sotheby\u2019s in New York on Wednesday. It is believed to be the earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible. The last manuscript to top sales records was Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s Codex Leicester, which sold for $30.8 million in 1994, according to Sotheby\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_C7085024-B83E-A17E-AC4A-55BD9984F04F@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Codex Sassoon fell short of its high estimate of $50 million, however. Prior to the sale, it went on exhibit in the UK and Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_D554184B-0E15-44F2-A8B6-55D0F78AB6BF@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sharon Mintz, Sotheby\u2019s senior Judaica specialist, books and manuscripts, told CNN ahead of the auction that \u201cthis is the most important document to come to auction ever.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_FE5BF285-A07E-2B21-096C-559F4800926B@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Hebrew Bible is the foundation of the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_07333552-A064-9211-A2AE-559F480128D9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Scholars have long been aware of the codex named after renowned Judaica collector David Sassoon (1880-1942), but it has remained largely out of public view, Sotheby\u2019s noted in a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_114101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114101\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/style\/article\/oldest-bible-auction-scli-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-114101 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230215100131-02-oldest-bible-auction.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"Kandy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The ancient bible will be on show in London, Jerusalem and the US, before going up for sale.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_B7E0BAC0-1DB2-395B-CE6A-5927E5A28C2E@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Mintz described the Codex Sassoon, which includes 792 parchment pages \u2014 made from animal skins \u2014 and weighs about 26.5 pounds, as a \u201clavish production that only the most wealthy could have afforded.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_D9D6F3DA-0A46-C3AF-A9C9-55D5661BC754@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The manuscript\u2019s previous owner purchased the codex in 1989 and was \u201cdelighted to be able to share it with the world,\u201d Mintz said.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"paragraph-ea529118-cac4-4a43-e363-55de0468b93c\" class=\"subheader\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/paragraph_EA529118-CAC4-4A43-E363-55DE0468B93C@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A rare find<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_A16E1EC6-356A-BE9F-D737-559F4802AC24@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Codex Sassoon is believed to be the very first codex, or manuscript in book form, of the Hebrew Bible. In the centuries prior to its writing there were only portions or sections of biblical texts in scroll form \u2014 which came to be known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. But these contained no verses, chapters or punctuation, according to<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Sotheby\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_37EB7EAF-4A02-DA6E-340F-559F480370F1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Jewish people<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in antiquity came to rely on oral tradition passed down through generations to understand and preserve the message of the Bible, the statement noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_E0A15C29-F093-3AC4-A138-59293C3106A3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This document and the Aleppo Codex, housed\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imj.org.il\/en\/collections\/226966-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at the Israel Museum<\/a>\u00a0in Jerusalem since 1958, are the only two codices dating to the 10th century and comprising almost all of the Hebrew Bible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_B22C515F-5174-EACA-BDDF-584B90AC8154@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">But, according to the museum, the Aleppo Codex was badly damaged in a fire at the community\u2019s synagogue in 1947, and today \u201cno more than 295 of the original 487 leaves [pages] survived.\u201d By contrast, the Sassoon codex is only missing 12 full pages, and therefore \u201cis thus the earliest, most complete copy of the Hebrew Bible extant,\u201d according to Sotheby\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9748CAA8-4400-B010-7BCF-55A5E8308A7A@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Richard Austin, Sotheby\u2019s global head of books and manuscripts, added in the release: \u201cCodex Sassoon has long held a revered and fabled place in the pantheon of surviving historic manuscripts and is undeniably one of the most important and singular texts in human history.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_114101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114101\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/style\/article\/oldest-bible-auction-scli-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-114101 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230216021332-01-hebrew-bible-sothebys.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"Kandy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Annotations and inscriptions hint at the book&#8217;s incredible journey to auction. <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"paragraph-63758da8-59ca-bee3-332b-55cbe6ce905e\" class=\"subheader\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/paragraph_63758DA8-59CA-BEE3-332B-55CBE6CE905E@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Centuries-old annotations and inscriptions<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_57B3A7CD-CCC4-C356-0BE8-559F480603F5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The historical significance of the codex is not just the printed material, but the hand-written annotations and inscriptions added over the years \u2014 hinting at the epic journey it has taken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_DCB5DC38-E66E-54D5-8DF1-559F480717ED@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">An entry from the early 11th century refers to a sale by Khalaf ben Abraham, perhaps in Israel or Syria, to a man called Isaac ben Ezekiel al-Attar, who later transferred it to his two sons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_F7E09788-D8C2-4FF6-10FD-559F4807C774@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The next location mentioned in the annotations came in the 13th century when it was dedicated to the synagogue of Makisin (present-day Markada in northeastern Syria).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_60203436-E5A9-6489-3AE9-584C76E91F27@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It was likely rebound at this stage, according to Sotheby\u2019s, and inscribed with the words \u201cconsecrated to the Lord God of Israel to the synagogue of Makisin.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_0646288F-9C58-56E5-54B3-559F480924ED@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Makisin was later destroyed and the codex was entrusted to a community member called Salama bin Abi al-Fakhr who pledged to return it to the synagogue in the event of regeneration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_65CB4E11-57F9-86B7-93C6-559F4809DFD7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">But the synagogue was never rebuilt and the codex continued on its odyssey until it was acquired by Sassoon in 1929.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World\u2019s oldest Hebrew Bible sells for a record-breaking $38.1 million &#8211; By Lianne Kolirin and Jacqui Palumbo Source :\u00a0edition.cnn. 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