The oldest known Ten Commandments tablet, dating back over 1,500 years to the late Roman-Byzantine period, has been sold at auction in New York for a staggering $5 million.

The oldest complete stone tablet of the Ten Commandments, dating back over 1,500 years to the late Roman-Byzantine period, is set to be auctioned at Sotheby’s New York on December 18.

I think anybody who purchases a book of this magnitude understands that it needs to be made available to the widest audience possible.

The record setting Babylonian Talmud is one of the finest copies of Daniel Bomberg’s edition – of which only 14 complete 16th century sets survive.