![]() "The Hebrew Bible is the most influential book in history and constitutes the bedrock of Western civilization. It will be donated to the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Israel. Moses bought the codex on behalf of the non-profit American Friends of ANU. Mintz said she was "absolutely delighted by today's monumental result and that Codex Sassoon will shortly be making its grand and permanent return to Israel, on display for the world to see."įormer US ambassador and president of the American Jewish Committee Alfred H. Its price tag "reflects the profound power, influence, and significance of the Hebrew Bible, which is an indispensable pillar of humanity," said Sotheby's Judaica specialist Sharon Liberman Mintz. ![]() ![]() The Codex Sassoon's price surpasses the $30.8 million paid in 1994 for Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Leicester manuscript but is below the world-record $43.2 million paid in 2021 for a first edition of the US Constitution. A leather-bound, handwritten Hebrew Bible believed to be around 1,100 years old sold for $38.1 million (€35.1 million) in New York, auction house Sotheby's said on Wednesday. ![]()
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