The Codex Sassoon is going on display in Israel

EXHIBITION: Sassoon Codex, world’s oldest Hebrew Bible to date, to join ANU permanent collection. The museum will be hosting a series of events to celebrate the manuscript's new home (Jerusalem Post Staff).

The oldest and most complete Hebrew Bible in existence, the Sassoon Codex, will be on permanent display at ANU, the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv for the first time. The holy book arrived in Israel on October 5, 2023; just two days before the war broke out.

Now that it will be on display, the museum will be hosting a series of events on the power of the Bible in uniting the masses as well as a cultural and spiritual source of inspiration for the Jewish people.

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It goes on display on 4 May.

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