According to the legend, the ancient text was made by a sinful monk in one night, after making a deal with the devil to avoid ...

The codex was deposited with the British Library in London, where it was publicly displayed only once, in late 1982, at an exhibition devoted to Hebrew manuscripts from the Sassoon Collection.

The Anu-Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv celebrated the permanent installation of the Codex Sassoon, the world's oldest complete Bible, on Thursday, ahead of the upcoming Shavuot holiday.

The entire Bible would have been a roll of immense length. It would have been clumsy and impractical. It would have made the location of a text very difficult, especially if the desired text ...

The codex is believed to have remained in the Middle East for centuries before it arrived in North Africa in the 17th century, where it was thought that the codex possessed mystical powers, such as ...

Discover the world's most expensive books ever sold, from ancient manuscripts like the Codex Leicester to historic first editions such as the Gutenberg Bible and Shakespeare's First Folio. Explore the ...

A 14th-century Bible with Jewish, Islamic and Christian artistic influences that sold for $6.9 million at auction last year is on display at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem.

THE HOLY BOOK: A view of the Codex Sinaiticus, the world's oldest bible, at the British Library in London. The world's oldest Christian bible can be seen in its entirety for the first time in over ...