Literacy did not become widespread until after the printing press. After all, if you couldn't afford a book, why learn to read?
By necessity, in the first century, Christianity was spread by word-of-mouth.
June 15 WT- Scrolls "Probably most Christians could not carry many with them for preaching"
by LostGeneration 31 Replies latest watchtower bible
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BluesBrother
A quick Google takes one to "Reading and Writing in the Time of Jesus" by A R Millard. The link to Google books is http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5UGRW4UvfYwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=millard+scrolls&source=bl&ots=0sB-PUH-iv&sig=oN77jIlFECVoXGLWUSnjFW7NNzg&hl=en&ei=1DOCTb6DOteqhAeegd3EBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onage&q=millard%20scrolls&f=falset
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sabastious
That's odd, this Watchtower contradicts the image found on the Faith in Action DVD.
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Gayle
Scrolls would have been considered on the delicate side, not knocked around in and out of leather type shoulder bags (as was depicted in their DVD released last summer in a cartoonish picture.) They would not have just been handed out in a formalistic manner in door to door work.
They admit in their quote above that just one book (Isaiah) was 24 feet long.
I expect the WTS got a lot of flak about their 'cartoon' in the DVD and the reason for their comment, though not admitting to anything, of sort here.
I will be watching on any updated DVDs of that release will show the 'cartoon' gone. (A new-light revelation).
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sabastious
By necessity, in the first century, Christianity was spread by word-of-mouth.
That and the 1st century Witnesses carrying satchels with scrolls heaping out.
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LostGeneration
Thank you Man in the Middle! I had found it on the preview from blues brother, but the search was only giving a partial quote.
So that puts it to rest, how many JWs today are hauling around $1,200 dollar documents, and handing them out to householders?
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minimus
Sir, great example!
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dgp
Well, I think you guys are all wrong, because I'm positive that brothers and sisters were able to underline and highlight the scrolls back then.
