A communication, especially from a king or high official, usually containing commands, promulgations, or reports.
BIBLE: Ancient Letter Writing
Ancient Scribes and the Word of God
The 39 books of the Hebrew Scriptures by some 33+ authors running from Genesis to Malachi were completed about 440 BCE.[1] After the seventy years of exile in Babylon, there was a school of copyists or scribes (Sopherim) that were developed. Ezra wrote, “this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a ready scribe... Continue Reading →