The oldest Bible was sold at auction for $ 38 million (5 photos + 1 video)
The Bible is a collection of texts and writings that are considered sacred in many religions. Recently sold at auction one of the oldest Bibles in the world, "Code Sassoon" in Hebrew. This special the 396-page handwritten Bible dates from the 10th century. That is why it is of great value, and sold it for as much as 38 million dollars. 
The Code of Sassoon is a unique sacred text. It contains everything 24 books of the Hebrew Bible that have survived to this day, including five books Moses. Many Jewish, Christian and Muslim sacred texts either borrowed from this ancient Bible or written under its influence. The Codex Sassoon is named after David Solomon Sassoon, a collector Hebrew manuscripts, who purchased the book in 1929. parchment The leather-bound volume has 792 pages and weighs almost 12 kilograms. 
The manuscript is an important part of the Jewish and world stories. Some texts from it date back to the first century AD. In addition, the Codex Aleppo, which is mentioned in the Codex Sassoon, was created around 930. Some Fragments of Bible Pages were absent, but new parts were sewn into them, and the text was carefully rewritten. One interesting feature of this manuscript is the Masoretic notes on margins (masora parva - small masora) and under the text (masora magna - large masorah), which were intended to preserve the authentic text when rewriting. They fixed the canonized Hebrew text of the Bible (Tanakh) and the rules for its design. 
"The Sassoon Code reveals a monumental transformation in history of the Hebrew Bible. Through sacred texts we see and we perceive the history of the Divine word for thousands of years. This the manuscript is a testament to how the Hebrew Bible for centuries influenced the pillars of civilization - art, culture, law, politics," - said Sharon Lieberman Mintz, a senior specialist at the auction house Sotheby's. 
The book had several owners, but in the end it ended up in the synagogue of Makisin in what is now Syria. In the 13th-14th century the synagogue was destroyed, but the Bible was preserved - with a note in which it was it was ordered to hand it over to Salama ibn Abi al-Fakhr. After restoration of the synagogue he was asked to return the book - and then she passed down from generation to generation. 
The Bible went to auction at Sotheby's in May 2023. Her put up for sale by the Swiss financier and collector Jacqui Safra, who bought it in 1989. Alfred became the new owner of the Bible Moses, former US Ambassador. The book went under the hammer for $38 million, and then became one of the most expensive manuscripts in history. Moses has already donated the manuscript to the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.
