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Writing MaterialsScrollsSingle and Combined ScrollsNon-Biblical BooksSize of BooksDetails in Use of ParchmentWriting InstrumentsKeeping of BooksGenizahOwnership of BooksIn antiquity all books, Jewish or non-Jewish, were scrolls. The Torah presented in the third century to Ptolemy II ( In antiquity all books, Jewish or non-Jewish, were scrolls. The Torah presented in the third century to Ptolemy II (Philadelphus) of Egypt by the high priest from Jerusalem so that it might be translated into Greek ( *Septuagint ) was unrolled before him (Arist. 176–7; cf. I. Macc. 3:48; Rev. 5:1). One of the Torah scrolls kept in the Temple (TJ, T...
In antiquity all books, Jewish or non-Jewish, were scrolls. The Torah presented in the third century to Ptolemy II (Philadelphus) of Egypt by the high priest from Jerusalem so that it might be translated into Greek ( *Septuagint ) was unrolled before him (Arist. 176–7; cf. I. Macc. 3:48; Rev. 5:1). One of the Torah scrolls kept in the Temple (TJ, T...
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