A unique Bible is on display in Israel, which will be sold at auction, and has every chance of becoming the most expensive historical document.

The auction house representing the Bible says that the Codex Sassoondates back to900 and is actually the only manuscript that has survived in its entirety, with only 12 pages missing.

It is actually the first and most complete book of the Hebrew scriptures. 24 books, 3 grammatical elements (vowels, accents, punctuation marks). Experts assume that the author was a scribe in Egypt or in one of the eastern countries of the Mediterranean.

The auction house's chief expert, Sharon Meenu, says: "This is the first time we have seen a nearly complete book of the Hebrew Bible with vowels, cantillation and notes at the bottom to tell the scribes how to write the correct text."

Scientists managed to trace the history of the manuscript. With the help of ancient annotations, it was established that the text was sold, and later passed on to the buyer's sons, Ezekiel and Maimon. The codex was then transferred to the synagogue of the city of Maksini, Syria. In the 13th century, the city was destroyed by the Mongols, and in the 14th century by the Timurids, the manuscript was kept in Salam ibn Abi al-Faqr. Unfortunately, further history has a gap of 500 years. The Bible was re-discovered in 1929 when collector David Solomon Sassoon bought the manuscripts.

The director of the Museum of the Jewish People, Orit Shaham Hover, is in charge of the exhibition in Tel Aviv, which will last for a week. And already in May, Sassoon's Codex will be sold in New York. It is believed that the bid for this lot could be more than $43.2 million (which is how much the first edition of the United States Constitution cost), and then the manuscript would be the most expensive document in history.

"The Bible is the basis of Jewish culture. As an Israeli and a Jew, I think it is very important that the people of Israel see this extremely important Bible."