Hebrew Bible

The world’s oldest Hebrew Bible will be publicly displayed in NYC

The 1,100-year-old Codex Sassoon is expected to fetch $30 to $50 million at auction. But for the next two weeks, anyone can view this ancient, important book.

By Lisa Keys May 5, 2023 1:38 pm

West Virginia lawmakers pass bill allowing Bible courses in public schools. A Jewish third-grader testified that it’s a ‘bad idea.’

The measure would allow social studies electives on the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament and New Testament.

February 27, 2020 10:36 am

A page out of the Kennicott Bible, pictured at a press conference in Santiago de Compostela, Spain on Oct. 14, 2019. (Xunta de Galicia)

Copy of Hebrew Bible created in Spain by Jews returns there after centuries

The whereabouts of the Kennicott Bible had been a mystery for about 300 years until it turned up in Oxford in 1771.

October 25, 2019 8:42 am

Ben, Hannah, Lea, Noah: Germany’s non-Jewish parents are loving Hebrew Bible names

By Toby Axelrod March 27, 2019 8:27 am

Robert Alter completes his monumental translation of the Hebrew Bible

By David A.M. Wilensky November 21, 2018 5:27 pm

Who is King Cyrus, and why is Netanyahu comparing him to Trump?

By Andrew Silow-Carroll March 7, 2018 4:03 pm

UNESCO recognizes Israel’s Aleppo Codex in registry of world treasures

February 9, 2016 4:14 pm

Australian government minister sworn in with Hebrew Bible

September 21, 2015 7:01 am

Israeli wins British portrait photography top award

June 19, 2015 8:46 am

Scholars seek Hebrew Bible’s original text — but was there one?

By Anthony Weiss May 13, 2014 4:39 pm

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