Specialists describe it as the oldest known so far. The edition of the manuscript dates back to the 10th century AD and the sale is estimated between 30 and 50 million dollars.
A hebrew bible during 500 years was missing and specialists describe it as the oldest known up to now and the most complete because it only lacks 12 pages, it will be exhibited for a week in Tel Aviv and then it will go up for auction, next May, in NY.
known as Codex Sassoonby the name of one of its owners, david solomon sassoon (1880-1942), the edition of the manuscript dates back to the 10th century AD, or even at the end of the 9th, reported the house Sotheby’swho will make the sale, estimated between 30 and 50 million dollars.
After carrying out the carbon 14 dating, the specialists diagnosed that the Codex Sassoon is older than him Aleppo Codexwritten in Galilee in the tenth century and less complete, and that the Leningrad Codexfrom the 11th century and fully preserved.
The volume contains the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, the Hebrew acronym for Torah or Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament: Prophets, “Neviim” in Hebrew; and other writings, “Ketouvim.”
According to the news agency AFPthe Hebrew manuscript contains fragments in Greek and Aramaic and is in a very good state of preservation, taking into account that it disappeared for more than 500 years after the destruction of the synagogue of makisintoday markedadain north-eastern Syria, and was not found again until 1929.
The auction house said in a statement that “the Codex Sassoon was only exposed to the public once, decades ago” and that “now it is presented before being auctioned in Sotheby’s in New York for about 30 to 50 million dollarswhich could make it the most expensive manuscript ever auctioned”.
Source: Ambito
