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Excerpt from Antiquities of the Jews, Carefully Compiled From Authentic Sources, and Their Customs, Vol. 2 of 2: Illustrated From Modern Travels
And of this kind was the book or roll mentioned in Rev. V. Which was written within, and on the back, and sealed with seven seals. It is easy to see that rolls of linen, silk or parchment were liable to the injuries of time, both as to their texture and writing: they seem therefore to have been preserved in chests of wood, or some other durable material. J eremiah's roll is indeed said to have been preserved in an earthen pitcher, but Michaelis rather thinks it the name of a place, and that the original word ?emetha means Ecbatana, the capital of Media.b With respect to deeds of no great length, but of great importance, they seem to have been en graved. On sheets of lead rolled up. For Pliny informs us, c that writing on lead (plumbeis voluminibus, rolls of lead) was of high antiquity, and came after writing on the bark and leaves of trees, and was used in re cording public transactions. Josephus frequently speaks of decrees of states being written on brass.
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