The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . purpose than any other natural , in the fourth hook of the Iliad(L247) the attendants are represented as bearingwine- for use in a goatskin bottle, A,nec&of a wineskin. This aperture was closed with aplug or a string. In some instances every part wassewed up except the neck; the neck of the animalthus became the neck of the bottle. This allegeduse of skin-bottles by th
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . purpose than any other natural , in the fourth hook of the Iliad(L247) the attendants are represented as bearingwine- for use in a goatskin bottle, A,nec&of a wineskin. This aperture was closed with aplug or a string. In some instances every part wassewed up except the neck; the neck of the animalthus became the neck of the bottle. This allegeduse of skin-bottles by the Egyptians is confirmedby the monuments. (2) The Greeks and Romans also were accus-tomed to use bottles made of skins, chiefly forwine. Some interesting examples of those in useamong the Romans are represented at Hercula-neum and Bottles of Skins. (3) Skin bottles doubtless existed among theHebrews even in patriarchial times; but the firstclear notice of them does not occur till Joshuaix 14, where it is said that the Gibeonites, wishingto impose upon Joshua as if they had come froma long distance, took old sacks upon their asses,and wine bottles old and rent and bound in the 13th verse of the same chapter: Thesebottles of wine which we filled were new, andbehold, they be rent; and these our garments andour shoes are become old by reason of the verylong journey. Age, then, had the effect of wear-ing and tearing the bottles in question, whichmust consequently have been made of skin. To thesame effect is the passage in Job xxxii:io, My (belly is as wine which bath no vent; it is readyto burst, like new bottles. (4) Our Saviours language (Matt, ix :i7 ; Lukev37i 38; Mark ii :22) is thus clearly explained,Men do not put new wine into old bottles,else the bottles break and the wine runneth outand the bottles p
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