The Institute for Hebrew Bible Manuscript Research Recovers Lost Text from Oldest, Most Complete Hebrew Bible for Sale at Sotheby’s Auction
The Sassoon Codex is the earliest surviving manuscript in private hands to have originally contained all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible with vowels and accents.
- The Sassoon Codex is the earliest surviving manuscript in private hands to have originally contained all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible with vowels and accents.
- Dr. Nehemia Gordon , executive director of the Institute for Hebrew Bible Manuscript Research (IHBMR) of Bedford, Texas, played a key role in uncovering hidden text in the Sassoon Codex.
- “It is one of six key manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, identified by scholars as the basis for reconstructing the ‘Masoretic Text,’ the received text of the Hebrew Bible.
- The Aleppo Codex is considered by scholars to be the most accurate surviving manuscript of the Hebrew Bible.