The earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible ever discovered, the Codex Sassoon, is set to be sold at auction by Sotheby's in May. Experts expect it could bring as much as $50 million.
"Codex 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," Richard Austin, Sotheby's global head of books and manuscripts, said in a statement.
The Codex Sassoon is named after former owner and renowned Hebrew manuscript collector David Solomon Sassoon, who lived from 1880-1942. "Now that the Codex has been definitively dated as the earliest, most complete text of its kind, it stands as a critical link from the ancient Hebrew oral tradition to the modern, accepted form of the Hebrew Bible that remains the standardized version used today," Austin added.
The Codex is named after former owner and renowned Hebrew manuscript collector David Solomon Sassoon, who lived from 1880-1942. Its current owner is collector Jacqui Safra, who was able to confirm its carbon dating.
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