Have you heard of the ‘She-Bible’?

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‘For veracity and integrity it’s important to know that there are far more original manuscripts for the Bible than for many approved works by contemporary Greco-Roman authors,’ says Jenny Sanders.

Imagine discovering that the 400-year-old Bible you picked up at a thrift festival was worth not the £40 you paid for it, but £10,000! That’s what happened recently to someone called Kerry Eaton from Darlington, who inherited the copy from the friend she originally bought it for. It was a ‘She Bible’. Only a handful still exist, including ones held by Oxford and Cambridge universities as well as Salisbury, Exeter and Durham cathedrals.

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