Riaan IBhayibheli lesiHeberu elineminyaka engaphezu kuka-1 000 futhi elichazwa ngokuthi “omunye wemibhalo ebaluleke kakhulu neyingqayizivele emlandweni wesintu” lizoboniswa kamuva kule nyanga, ngaphambi kokuba lingene ngaphansi kwesando.
I-Codex Sassoon, eyabhalwa ngasekupheleni kuka-9 kuya ekuqaleni kwe-10, kukholakala ukuthi iyiBhayibheli lesiHebheru lokuqala neliphelele kunawo wonke.
Izobe ikhonjiswa oSuthwini eLondon kusukela ngoFebhuwari 22-28, kulandele uhambo lombukiso oluya kwa-Israel nase-US. Izofakwa endalini eNew York ngoMeyi, lapho kulindeleke ukuthi ingenise phakathi kuka-$30 million no-$50 million.
USharon Mintz, uchwepheshe omkhulu we-Judeica weSotheby, izincwadi nemibhalo yesandla, utshele i-CNN ngoLwesithathu ukuthi “lo ngumbhalo obaluleke kakhulu ukuthi uze endalini.”
UMintz uthe leli “rekhodi elimangazayo” kungenzeka likhiqize inzalo enkulu kubabhidi. “Lona wumbhalo obaluleke kakhulu engake ngajabulela ukuwuhlola, ukuwucwaninga [and] sibambe,” engeza.
IBhayibheli lesiHeberu liyisisekelo sezinkolo ezintathu zika-Abrahama: ubuJuda, ubuKristu nobuSulumane.
Sekuyisikhathi eside izazi zazi nge-codex eqanjwe ngomqoqi we-Judaica odumile uDavid Sassoon (1880-1942), kodwa ayikabonakali emphakathini, kusho uSotheby’s esikhishwe kwabezindaba ngoLwesithathu.
Ibhayibheli lasendulo lizokhonjiswa eLondon, Jerusalem nase-US, ngaphambi kokuthi lidayiswe. Ikhredithi: Ngenhlonipho yoSuthu
Ehlanganisa amakhasi esikhumba angama-792 – enziwe ngezikhumba zezilwane — futhi anesisindo esingamakhilogremu angu-26.5, uMintz wakuchaza ngokuthi “ukukhiqizwa okunethezekile okwakungatholwa abantu abacebile kuphela.”
Umnikazi wamanje wathenga i-codex ngo-1989, kusho uMintz, futhi manje “ujabule ngokukwazi ukwabelana ngayo nomhlaba.”
Ukutholwa okungajwayelekile
Kukholelwa ukuthi lena i-codex yokuqala ngqa, noma umbhalo wesandla osencwadini, weBhayibheli lesiHeberu. Emakhulwini eminyaka ngaphambi kokubhalwa kwayo kwakunezingxenye kuphela noma izingxenye zemibhalo yeBhayibheli esesimweni somqulu — kamuva eyaziwa ngokuthi imiQulu YasoLwandle Olufile. Kodwa lezi zazingenawo amavesi, izahluko noma izimpawu zokuloba, kusho uSuthu.
AmaJuda asendulo aqala ukuthembela esikweni elidluliselwa ngomlomo eladluliselwa ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane ukuze aqonde futhi alondoloze isigijimi seBhayibheli, kusho indali.
Kodwa, ngokomnyuziyamu, i-Aleppo Codex yonakaliswa kabi ngomlilo esinagogeni lomphakathi ngo-1947 futhi namuhla “awakho ngaphezu kwamakhasi angu-295 kwangu-487 okuqala. [pages] yasinda.” Ngokuphambene, i-codex yakwaSassoon ayinamakhasi angu-12 kuphela aphelele ngakho, ngokwekaSotheby, “iyikhophi yokuqala, ephelele kunazo zonke yeBhayibheli lesiHeberu esekhona.”
U-Richard Austin, inhloko yomhlaba wonke yezincwadi nemibhalo yesandla ye-Sotheby, wanezela ekukhululweni: “I-Codex Sassoon sekuyisikhathi eside ibamba indawo ehlonishwayo nenganekwane emphakathini wemibhalo yesandla esekhona yomlando futhi ngokungangabazeki ingomunye wemibhalo ebaluleke kakhulu neyingqayizivele emlandweni wesintu.”
Izichasiselo nemibhalo kusikisela ohambweni olumangalisayo lwebhuku lokuya endalini. Ikhredithi: Julian Cassady/Alive Coverage/Sotheby’s
Izichasiselo zamakhulu eminyaka nemibhalo eqoshiwe
Ukubaluleka komlando we-codex akukhona nje okokusebenza okuphrintiwe, kodwa izichasiselo ezibhalwe ngesandla nemibhalo eqoshiwe eyengezwe ngokuhamba kweminyaka — okukhomba ohambweni oluyingqophamlando oluthathile.
Umbhalo wasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-11 ubhekisela ekuthengisweni kukaKhalaf ben Abraham, mhlawumbe kwa-Israyeli noma eSiriya, kumuntu okuthiwa u-Isaac ben Ezekiel al-Attar, kamuva owakudlulisela emadodaneni akhe amabili.
Indawo elandelayo eshiwo ezichasiselweni yafika ngekhulu le-13 lapho inikezelwa esinagogeni laseMakisin (iMarkada yanamuhla enyakatho-mpumalanga yeSiriya).
Cishe laliphinde liboshwe ngalesi sikhathi, ngokusho koSuthu, futhi libhalwe amagama athi “wangcweliswa eNkosini uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli esinagogeni laseMakisini.”
Kamuva uMakisin wacekelwa phansi futhi i-codex yaphathiswa ilungu lomphakathi elibizwa ngokuthi uSalama bin Abi al-Fakhr owazibophezela ukuthi uzoyibuyisela esinagogeni uma kwenzeka ivuselelwa.
Kodwa isinagoge alizange lakhiwe kabusha futhi i-codex yaqhubeka kuyi-odyssey yaze yatholwa nguSassoon ngo-1929.
Isithombe esiphezulu: Owesifazane uhlola iBhayibheli lesiHebheru osekunamakhulu eminyaka likhona.
