The largest Bible in the world is in the Vatican. It is a manuscript Bible and written in Hebrew. The book weighs 320 pounds and there is a history connected with it. Some Italian Jews obtained a view of the precious volume, and told their co-religionists of Venice of it. The consequence was that a syndicate of Venetian Jews endeavored to purchase it, offering the Pope the weight of the book in gold as the price. Pope Julius II., however, refused the offer. At the present price of gold, the offer was one of no less than 1,800,000 francs ($360,000). The saving truth which the Bible contains, accessible to the poorest, is more valuable than all material wealth combined.—
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The largest Bible in the world is in the Vatican
From the August 1899 issue of The Christian Science Journal
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