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The Guardian and CNN are running a really odd news story, claiming that the Codex Sassoon will be put up for auction at Sotheby's in New York in May, and is now out for show (their reporters also seem to think it contains nearly all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, while actually it is only the Pentateuch). According to the page here at Wikipedia, the codex is, of course, owned by the National Library of Israel and it's out of the picture that they would put it on the block at Sotheby's... :)
Are the two news outlets mixing up the Codex Sassoon/Damascus Pentateuch with some other early biblical manuscript? Or is this just a bogus story, pure and simple?
CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/oldest-bible-auction-scli-intl/index.html
Also, Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/worlds-oldest-hebrew-bible-could-fetch-up-50-million-auction-2023-02-15/ Notice that the codex is said to be in private ownership since several decades. 188.150.64.57 ( talk) 23:22, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
The current articles are a bit confusing, however
Codex Sassoon 1053 has been created today. I think this means it would be most helpful, especially for novices like me looking at the Sotheby's auction page for "Codex Sassoon", if
Codex Sassoon was changed into a disambiguation list, so readers understand that the term is being used for two different physical manuscripts. Could someone help pick this up? I understand that the auction is running on 16 May, so it would be great to have this laid out and easy to understand by then.
Sotheby's page for reference
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Draft:Codex Sassoon 823 if anyone wishes to give it a nudge. It's probably one of the more notable manuscripts worth its own article. --
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Draft:Farhi_Bible or Codex Sassoon 368. It's one of the most notable parts of the collection but remains in a bank vault out of public view, so more difficult to write about. --
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The Guardian and CNN are running a really odd news story, claiming that the Codex Sassoon will be put up for auction at Sotheby's in New York in May, and is now out for show (their reporters also seem to think it contains nearly all 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, while actually it is only the Pentateuch). According to the page here at Wikipedia, the codex is, of course, owned by the National Library of Israel and it's out of the picture that they would put it on the block at Sotheby's... :)
Are the two news outlets mixing up the Codex Sassoon/Damascus Pentateuch with some other early biblical manuscript? Or is this just a bogus story, pure and simple?
CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/oldest-bible-auction-scli-intl/index.html
Also, Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/worlds-oldest-hebrew-bible-could-fetch-up-50-million-auction-2023-02-15/ Notice that the codex is said to be in private ownership since several decades. 188.150.64.57 ( talk) 23:22, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
The current articles are a bit confusing, however
Codex Sassoon 1053 has been created today. I think this means it would be most helpful, especially for novices like me looking at the Sotheby's auction page for "Codex Sassoon", if
Codex Sassoon was changed into a disambiguation list, so readers understand that the term is being used for two different physical manuscripts. Could someone help pick this up? I understand that the auction is running on 16 May, so it would be great to have this laid out and easy to understand by then.
Sotheby's page for reference
Anstil (
talk) 14:51, 23 February 2023 (UTC) struck as a sock of
Fæ —
Red-tailed hawk
(nest) 07:10, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
I've started
Draft:Codex Sassoon 823 if anyone wishes to give it a nudge. It's probably one of the more notable manuscripts worth its own article. --
Anstil (
talk) 16:34, 26 February 2023 (UTC) struck as a sock of
Fæ —
Red-tailed hawk
(nest) 07:10, 17 March 2023 (UTC)
Also started
Draft:Farhi_Bible or Codex Sassoon 368. It's one of the most notable parts of the collection but remains in a bank vault out of public view, so more difficult to write about. --
Anstil (
talk) 13:00, 5 March 2023 (UTC) struck as a sock of
Fæ —
Red-tailed hawk
(nest) 07:10, 17 March 2023 (UTC)