Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917, Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company · leaf 254
ecalled a inessengerwho should summonto his presence thechief of the scribes. What was thecost of making thecopy of our sacredwritings for theQueen of Sheba?How many shekelshave been paid tothe scribes for theirwork? When the chiefscribe had found out he reported it to the king. Is it in-deed so… … AN ANCIENT SCRIBE. CHAPTER II.THE PRINTING PRESS. The times have changed since King Solomons day. Theart of printing has been discovered. Now it would be possi-ble to make not merely one copy but thousands of copies, notonly of the sacred books of the Jews in the time of Solomon,but of the entire…
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