B I B L I O N - ENGLISH VERSION
JEWISH WRITINGS
The largest collection of Torah manuscripts, stretching
throughout 700 years of history and including those
which survived the Spanish Inquisition and Nazi depre-
dations during WWII, among others.
The second largest private collection of the Dead Sea
Scrolls, subject to investigation and in exhibition to the
general public for the first time.
The oldest form of Hebrew prayer book, providing a
crucial historic link between the Dead Sea Scrolls and
the Hebrew texts that followed.
PRINTED BIBLES AND REFORMATION-ERA
ARTIFACTS
First editions of the King James Bible and the Douay
-Rheims Bible, the first Catholic Bible translated to
English.
Several copies of the first printed books, including
fragments of Gutenberg’s Bible and Tyndale’s New
Testament.
The earliest treatises and Bibles of Martin Luther, inclu-
ding a little-known letter written by Luther in the eve of
his excommunication.
AMERICAN BIBLES
First editions of Eliot Indian Bible and the Aitken Bible,
the first Bibles printed in America.
The personal Bibles of historical figures and celebrities,
such as Elvis Presley, as well as former American Pre-
sidents.
The “Lunar Bible,” the first Bible to be in a celestial body
other than the Earth.
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