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Ibhayibheli lesiHebheru elineminyaka engaphezu kuka-1 000 lasungulwa lizothengiswa endalini eNew York ngemali elinganiselwa ku-$50 million, kusho iSotheby’s ngoLwesithathu.
I-Codex Sassoon—eyasekupheleni kwekhulu lesi-9 kuya ekuqaleni kwekhulu leshumi—iyiBhayibheli lesiHebheru eliphelele kunawo wonke elake latholakala.
Izoba idokhumenti yomlando ebiza kakhulu noma umbhalo wesandla owake wafakwa ngaphansi kwesando lapho uSuthu luwufaka endalini ngoMeyi.
“(I) ngokungangabazeki ingenye yemibhalo ebaluleke kakhulu neyingqayizivele emlandweni wesintu,” kusho uRichard Austin, inhloko yomhlaba wonke yezincwadi nemibhalo yesandla yeSotheby.
FUNDA FUTHI: Lithini iBhayibheli ngobungqingili?
ICodex Sassoon ingenye yama-codex, noma imibhalo yesandla emibili kuphela, equkethe zonke izincwadi ezingu-24 zeBhayibheli lesiHeberu eziye zasinda kwaze kwaba senkathini yanamuhla.
Iphelele kakhulu kune-Aleppo Codex futhi indala kune-Leningrad Codex, amanye amaBhayibheli amabili esiHebheru asendulo adumile, kusho iSotheby’s.
Umbhalo wesandla uhlanganisa iMiqulu YasoLwandle Olufile – eyahlehlela emuva ekhulwini lesithathu BC – kanye nohlobo lwanamuhla olwamukelwayo lweBhayibheli lesiHeberu.
Iqanjwe ngomnikazi wangaphambilini u-David Solomon Sassoon (1880-1942) ohlanganise iqoqo eliyimfihlo elibaluleke kakhulu lemibhalo yasendulo yamaJuda emhlabeni.
Lo mbhalo udayiswa okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni engaphezu kwengama-30, okulinganiselwa ukuthi udayisiwe uphakathi kuka-$30 million no-$50 million.
FUNDA FUTHI: Sonke isihogo siyashabalala ngemuva kokuthi uBoity ebize ibhayibheli ngokuthi ‘isibonelo sobunzalamizi’
NgoNovemba 2021, i-Sotheby’s yathengisa enye yamaphrinti okuqala oMthethosisekelo wase-US ngamadola ayizigidi ezingama-43, inani lerekhodi lombhalo wesandla womlando.
