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The Codex
Codex is the term for the Roman writing tablet.
Eventually used to describe a book with “leaves” or pages.
development due to the unwieldy nature of scrolls.
[image of scroll]
In the making of a codex, the sheets were placed together, folded in the middle and stitched, then opened in separate pages.
The result was a book that could be easily read, easily referred to, and easily carried about.
Early Form of the Bible
Compiled in stages.
1st stage: Oral communication - God speaking directly to humanity: Adam, Noah, Abraham.
Eventually, God’s words and will needed to be communicated more permanently through a written record.
Moses cited as author of some of the earliest writing in Hebrew Bible:
Other Godly men continued to write down both history and prophecy.
These writings were held to be Scripture by the Jewish people and accepted into a collection.
By 400 B.C. the Hebrew scriptures were compiled.
NT books were compiled in a relatively short time frame.
Probably A.D. 50-100.
Primarily letters written by apostles or their followers.
Expected to be read in public assemblies:
Following the letters (epistles) which were primarily circumstantial, was a need to write down the central events of Jesus’ life.
Before this, Jesus’ story was passed along orally by eyewitnesses.
As these trusted sources died, the church needed authoritative written narratives.
This also included a history of the beginnings of the church: the Book of Acts.
Lastly, and probably last written, was an apocalyptic letter know to us as Revelation.
The Form of Our Bible
2 major sections:
Old Testament
New Testament
Testament = covenant.
Basic idea is that God has made two significant covenants with his people and that the New Covenant has replaced the Old.
Details on the contents next week.
How Was the Bible (Literally) Put Together?
The work of scribes, or writers.
Professionals in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Rome who were responsible for writing and copying most documents.
Scribes worked by sitting on a bench with the codex laid across his knees.
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He wrote with a reed pen, using carbon black ink (soot with water and gum).
He would have had a sponge, a penknife, stylus, and a ruler for lining his parchment.
The actual copying would have been in columns, the size of the parchment determined the number of columns.
To “mass produce” books, a room of scribes called a “scriptorium” would have a book recited to them and they all copied by dictation.
[image of scriptorium].
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