The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . their mummies; and so, it islikely, did the Hebrews. About B. C. 3670 theybegan to write on the inner films or skins of theirpaper reeds. Hcsiods works were written ontables of lead; the Roman laws on twelve tablesof brass; Solons on wood; and those of Godon stone, probably marble. In very ancient times,the Persians and Ionians wrote on skins. WhenAttalus, king of Pergamos, formed his li
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . their mummies; and so, it islikely, did the Hebrews. About B. C. 3670 theybegan to write on the inner films or skins of theirpaper reeds. Hcsiods works were written ontables of lead; the Roman laws on twelve tablesof brass; Solons on wood; and those of Godon stone, probably marble. In very ancient times,the Persians and Ionians wrote on skins. WhenAttalus, king of Pergamos, formed his library,about B. C. 230, he either invented or improved parchment. This, when written on, was eithersewed together in long rolls, and written only onone side, in the manner of the copy of the lawnow used in the Jewish synagogues; or it wasformed in the manner of our books. When thebook was written on one of these rolls, it waswound on a stick, and turned off or on at the read-ers pleasure;—hence the term Volume. SomeIndian books are extant, written on leaves of theMalabar palm tree. Books now, and for abfive or six centuries backward, have been generallywritten on linen paper. The Jews had their copies. Book of the Law (Opened). of the Scriptures carefully transcribed on rollsof parchment, and hence we read of a roll, or theroll of a book; or of the heavens rolled togetheras a scroll. It was probably a roll of the prophetIsaiah, which was put into our Lords hands in thesynagogue at Nazareth; and on such a rollBaruch wrote, at Jeremiahs dictation, the proph-ecy which the king of Judah burned (Jer. xxxvi;Luke iv:i7>. (2) The Book of the Lord is either the Script-ures ( Ts. xxxiv:i6) or his purpose, wherein every-thing is regulated and fixed (Ps. cxxxix:i6; :4; x:2) or his providential care and support ofmens natural life (Exod. xxxii:32; Ps. lxix .28)or his omniscient observation, and fixed remem-brance of things (Ps. lvi :8; Mai. iii:i6). (3) Book of the Wars of the Lor
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