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World's Oldest Near-Complete Hebrew Bible Sells For $38 Million In New York
A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for $38.1 million in New York on Wednesday, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction.
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World's Oldest Hebrew Bible Set To Be Auctioned For $50 Million
The Hebrew Bible is composed of 24 books divided into three parts and is the foundation of Judaism and other Abrahamic faiths.
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Oxford Professor Allegedly Stole Oldest Bible Fragments And Sold Them
Since 2012, scholars and University of Oxford officials have been trying to trace a rumor that the oldest Bible fragment ever discovered not just existed but had been mysteriously stolen and sold to American arts-and-crafts giant Hobby Lobby.
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A 3,000-Year-Old Glass Head Deepens One Of The Bible's Oldest Mysteries
Buried under a pair of hills at Israel's northern border, at the nexus of three ancient kingdoms, is one of the last large biblical sites yet to be uncovered. So said an international team of archaeologists after they started to dig up the ruins of Abel Beth Maacah five years ago.
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Israel Unveils 'Oldest' Hebrew Mention Of Jerusalem
Israeli archaeologists on Wednesday unveiled a 7th century BC text they said contains the earliest mention in Hebrew of Jerusalem outside the Bible, prompting officials to stress the Jewish connection to the city.
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World's Oldest Bible on Show as British Museum Tracks Egypt's Religions
The world's oldest bible is among 200 objects tracing Egypt's religious evolution in an exhibition at London's British Museum, which opens Friday and spans the 1,200 years since Cleopatra's death.
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World's Oldest Near-Complete Hebrew Bible Sells For $38 Million In New York
A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old sold for $38.1 million in New York on Wednesday, setting a record for the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction.
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World's Oldest Hebrew Bible Set To Be Auctioned For $50 Million
The Hebrew Bible is composed of 24 books divided into three parts and is the foundation of Judaism and other Abrahamic faiths.
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Oxford Professor Allegedly Stole Oldest Bible Fragments And Sold Them
Since 2012, scholars and University of Oxford officials have been trying to trace a rumor that the oldest Bible fragment ever discovered not just existed but had been mysteriously stolen and sold to American arts-and-crafts giant Hobby Lobby.
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A 3,000-Year-Old Glass Head Deepens One Of The Bible's Oldest Mysteries
Buried under a pair of hills at Israel's northern border, at the nexus of three ancient kingdoms, is one of the last large biblical sites yet to be uncovered. So said an international team of archaeologists after they started to dig up the ruins of Abel Beth Maacah five years ago.
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Israel Unveils 'Oldest' Hebrew Mention Of Jerusalem
Israeli archaeologists on Wednesday unveiled a 7th century BC text they said contains the earliest mention in Hebrew of Jerusalem outside the Bible, prompting officials to stress the Jewish connection to the city.
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World's Oldest Bible on Show as British Museum Tracks Egypt's Religions
The world's oldest bible is among 200 objects tracing Egypt's religious evolution in an exhibition at London's British Museum, which opens Friday and spans the 1,200 years since Cleopatra's death.
