The Library
1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
200–101 BC
1 work
c. 150–130 BC
Hebrew
4QMMT
Anonymous
A letter from one group of priests to another listing about twenty points of purity law on which they differ — the purity of poured liquids, where the red heifer is burned, whether the deaf and blind may enter — and closing by saying that this is why we have separated from the majority.
101–200
1 work
c. 150–200; survives in one leaf
Greek
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 840
Anonymous
A miniature parchment leaf, small enough to be worn as an amulet. A chief priest challenges Jesus for entering the temple court unwashed, and Jesus answers that the priest has bathed in water dogs and pigs lie in, while he and his disciples have been washed in living water from heaven.
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