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We are used to having access to scripture. I have bibles all over the house and can simply look up stuff online also from laptops or mobiles. That freedom of access comes from technology that was not available in the time of Jesus and the early church e.g. printing press, digital media and the internet.
There is reference to Jesus reading scripture in a synagogue so maybe it is a good bet that most rabbis had a copy of the bible but you would have to go to a synagogue to hear it.
1) Who else owned copies of the Septuagint or ancient Hebrew or Aramaic translations of scripture. How could you get a copy of the scriptures.
2) If you were rich enough could you buy one and from whom. Would any copy you had have to be hand copied.
It seems the early church mainly used the Septuagint when quoting from the OT and it seems most of the NT if not all was written in Greek also.
3) But how much access did the churches have to the written word in the earliest days of Christianity
There is reference to Jesus reading scripture in a synagogue so maybe it is a good bet that most rabbis had a copy of the bible but you would have to go to a synagogue to hear it.
1) Who else owned copies of the Septuagint or ancient Hebrew or Aramaic translations of scripture. How could you get a copy of the scriptures.
2) If you were rich enough could you buy one and from whom. Would any copy you had have to be hand copied.
It seems the early church mainly used the Septuagint when quoting from the OT and it seems most of the NT if not all was written in Greek also.
3) But how much access did the churches have to the written word in the earliest days of Christianity