The Oldest Bible Written in Hebrew Sold at Sotheby’s for Over $38 Million

The earliest and most complete Bible in Hebrew was sold at auction in New York for $38.1 million, the auction house Sotheby’s said on its Twitter page.

“The earliest and most complete Bible in Hebrew was sold for $38.1 million in a historic separate auction today,” the auction house said in a statement.

Sotheby’s website notes that the Bible was created around the year 900 and is “the earliest surviving example of a single volume containing all the books of the Bible in Hebrew.”

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