| | | Did you know . . . | | Sarah, Abraham's wife, is the ONLY woman where her age at death (127 years old) is recorded. | | | | Answers to Questions | | | The apostle Paul wrote more books, fourteen, than any other Biblical author. Of Jesus' twelve disciples the apostle John wrote the most books at five. | | | Moses wrote the most Old Testament books with five. Isaiah, however, is close behind with 4 1/2 books. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mainz's Giant Book | A giant version of God's word, completed in the city of Mainz in 1453, is composed of 459 vellum skin leaves bound in 2 volumes. Each page measures 22 by 16 inches (roughly 56 by 41 cm). It took a single scribe 15 months and 2 metric tons of ink to embellish it. This copy of scripture is considered one of Europe's last great handwritten versions of God's word. The only copy ever made is owned by the U.S. Library of Congress. |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Gutenberg in America | | In 1926 a Dr. Vollbehr came to the U.S. with a large set of 15th century books. While in Washington, D.C. he offered to sell his entire collection to the Library of Congress for only half its value. These books included one of the three complete vellum copies of Gutenberg's 1455 Bible known to exist.
A Mississippi congressman heard of the offer and made a stirring speech before the U.S. Congress proposing that $1.5 million in public funds be used to acquire these rare books. In 1930 U.S. President Hoover signed a law approving the funds needed to buy Vollbehr's collection. |
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| | | | | Timeline Facts | | | The oldest book was written
by Job around the 1660s B.C. | From 61 to 63 A.D. the
apostle Paul wrote 7 books! | | Ancient Israel was united under one human king for only 120 years. | Gideon was Israel's Judge for 40 years while Samson served 20. | Adam lived long enough to see EIGHT generations of his family
born! Adam died when his great, great, great, great, great, great
grandson Lamech was 46 years old! |
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| Did you know . . . | | Rachel, Jacob's wife, is the first woman recorded as dying in childbirth. | | | |
| | | | | Did you know . . . | | | About 180 copies of Gutenberg's Bible were printed around 1455. Of these only 35 were printed on vellum or treated calfskin. | | The first complete copy of scripture printed in the Western hemisphere dates back to the early 1660s. Known as the Eliot Indian Bible, it was written for distribution among the Algonquin Indian tribes in the United States. |
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