Coogan: The view that Moses had personally written down the first five books of the Bible was virtually unchallenged until the 17th century. There were a few questions raised before that.

The Bible, written by Rabbi Shem Tov Ibn Gaon in 1312AD ... The sale marks the Bible's first appearance at an auction since 1984, when it reportedly fetched a record price for a Hebrew manuscript ...

"It presents to us the first time an almost-complete book of the Hebrew Bible appears with the vowel ... scribes how the correct text should be written," Sharon Mintz, senior Jewish artefact ...