. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . a mixture ofgall-juice and vitriol was allowable. It was carriedin an inkstand (Heb. keselh hassopher, A. V. a wri- 1 Paper, in our use of the word to denote the materialfor writing made of cotton or linen pulp, was not knownin Europe until long after the Christian era. The art ofmanufacturing paper of this kind, is said by Gibbon tohave been derived from the manufacturers of Samarcand,where it was introduced from China a. d. 651, and thencespread over Europe. 2 Hence a book (Heb. sepher; Gr. biblion, biblos) inthe Scriptures is ordinarily a roll or
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . a mixture ofgall-juice and vitriol was allowable. It was carriedin an inkstand (Heb. keselh hassopher, A. V. a wri- 1 Paper, in our use of the word to denote the materialfor writing made of cotton or linen pulp, was not knownin Europe until long after the Christian era. The art ofmanufacturing paper of this kind, is said by Gibbon tohave been derived from the manufacturers of Samarcand,where it was introduced from China a. d. 651, and thencespread over Europe. 2 Hence a book (Heb. sepher; Gr. biblion, biblos) inthe Scriptures is ordinarily a roll or scroll of parchment,&c. (Jer. xxxvi. 2; Ez. ii. 9: Lk. iv. 17; Rev. v. 1 ff.,<fcc). The book of life (Phil. iv. 3 ; Rev. iii. 5. xx. 12,15, &o.; compare the book of the living, Ps. Ixix. 28)is the roll or MS. in which God is figuratively representedas having recorded the names of those destined to eternal LIFE. 1200 XAtf YEA ters inkhorn ), which was suspended at the girdle(Ez. ix. 2, 3, 11), as it is done at the present day in. Ancient WritiDg-matLTials.—(Ayre.) the East. Modern scribes have an apparatusconsisting of a metal or ebony tube for their reedpens, with a cup or bulb of the same material, at-tached to the upper end, for the ink. This theythrust through the girdle, and carry with them atall times (Thn. i. 188). Bible; Divination;Epistle ; Prophet ; Revelation, &c. X Xanfhi -CDS [zanthe-kus] (L. fr. Gr.), one of theMacedonian months; = (so Josephus) Heb. T Tarn (Heb. mil-veh, mikve). The notice of yarnis contained in 1 K. x. 28 and 2 Chr. i. 16 : Solo-mon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linenyarn: the kings merchants received the linen yarnat a price. The probability is (so Mr. Bevan) thatthe term refers to some entrepot of Egyptian com-merce, but whether Tekoah, as in the LXX., orCoa, as in the Vulgate (with which agree the Chal-dee, Maurer, Fiirst, Bertheau, W. L. Alexander [inKitto], &c), is doubtful. The Douay Bible (afterthe Vulgate) transla
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