1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible sells for record-breaking $38.1 million at auction.
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A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, known as the Codex Sassoon, has sold for $38m in New York and will be placed in the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. The manuscript is one of the world's oldest surviving biblical manuscripts and contains a nearly complete Hebrew Bible. The purchase was made by Alfred H Moses, a former US ambassador to Romania, on behalf of the American Friends of ANU. The Codex Sassoon was sold by Sotheby's and is one of the highest prices for a manuscript sold at auction.
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