Bible
The Shem Tov Bible, Soria (Castile), 1312. (Photo by Ardon Bar-Hama/Sotheby's via JNS)
September 15, 2024, 9:49 am
14th-century Hebrew Bible sells for $6.7m at auction
“A tour de force of biblical and kabbalistic scholarship and a precious witness to the medieval tradition of Sephardic book art.”
By JNS
ANU Museum welcomes the Codex Sassoon to its new home on Oct. 5, 2023 (Photo courtesy of Peri Bindelglass)
October 11, 2023, 11:33 am
Codex Sassoon, oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, in Israel for permanent display
Rare, 1,100-year-old manuscript travels in cockpit on historic El Al flight, will take up residence at Tel Aviv’s ANU Museum of the Jewish People after $38 million purchase in May
By Jessica Steinberg
(Stock image by movidagrafica via Pexels)
July 14, 2023, 10:57 am
Swedish police grants permit to burn Hebrew Bible outside Israeli embassy
Israeli officials have pressed Swedish officials to prevent the book-burning but were told that Swedish law around freedom of speech includes the right to the demonstration.
By Philissa Cramer
A side-by-side comparison of the 1985 edition of the JPS Tanakh and the 2023 gender-sensitive edition demonstrates slight changes in the English translation. (Design by Jackie Hajdenberg)
June 1, 2023, 3:29 pm
A ‘gender-sensitive’ translation of the Hebrew Bible has hit digital shelves.
Not everyone is happy.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The Codex Sassoon, estimated to be about 1,000 years old, is going to auction at Sotheby's. (Courtesy of Sotheby's)
February 16, 2023, 4:01 pm
The oldest copy of the Hebrew Bible is headed to auction this spring
The Codex Sassoon is estimated to fetch $30 million to $50 million when it is sold by Sotheby’s.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson. Photo courtesy of Rabbi Yisroel Altein
May 26, 2020, 5:20 pm
Chabad speaker traces roots of Jewish humor to the Bible itself
Jewish humor is older than your grandfather
By Adam Reinherz
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