Show I 1 Val valuable ulbe bible special F chronicle berrice Seir Ser rice leel I 1 ROME may 15 A syndicate has been formed ol 01 wealthy french jews for the purpose of purchasing for the custody of the jews the copy 0 of the hebrew bible which is in the vat vatican ican ahe offer which has been made for it is but it is stated that the pope cannot legally sell it this is t the he moat most valuable bible in the worl I 1 it t is the most famous bible there is in and this is by no means the first time that the hebrews of europe have tried to purchase it something like a century or more ago the hebrews of spain france and italy then as now extremely prosperous offered tor for the book its weight in gold the offer was refused just the same as so the present one in all probability will be the bible is the property of the congregation of the propaganda and is probably the most valuable feature of the polyglot library and printing office of the congregation which have no equals the collect collections i ons in the vatican library being considered more valuable than even those of the british museum although less numerous the bible is in original hebrew manuscript and the exact time when it was written has never been satisfactorily determined any more ore thao than that it came into the possession poem m of the congregation founded by pope gregory XV some three hundred years ago the persons who have seen the valuable manuscript are ate very few that the chief treasure of the propaganda will be fold is altogether improbable the te roman a authorities U ties have steadfastly refused to recognize any amount of money BB as being an equivalent for this book and the present composition of the congregation of the propaganda is such as to preclude P the idea of any say change now |