Rare Complete Hebrew Bible Displayed in Israel Ahead of Sale

The Codex Sassoon, the oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible, is on display in Tel Aviv before its sale at Sotheby's in New York in May, where it could fetch $30m to $50m. Created about 1,100 years ago, it is the earliest surviving example of a single manuscript containing all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible with punctuation, vowels, and accents. The manuscript was sold by a man named Khalaf ben Abraham to Isaac ben Ezekiel al-Attar in the 10th century and disappeared in history for 500 years before being acquired in 1929 by David Solomon Sassoon.