Did Monks Write the Bible?
In the Early Middle Ages, Benedictine Monks and Nuns Copied Manuscripts for Their Own Collections, and in Doing So, Helped to Preserve Ancient Learning...
In the early Middle Ages, Benedictine monks and nuns copied manuscripts for their own collections, and in doing so, helped to preserve ancient learning. "Benedictine monasteries had always created handwritten Bibles," he says. ... "But this is a Christian Bible; this is not a New Age Bible.
Who actually wrote the Bible?
According to both Jewish and Christian Dogma, the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (the first five books of the Bible and the entirety of the Torah) were all written by Moses in about 1,300 B.C. There are a few issues with this, however, such as the lack of evidence that Moses ever existed ...
Why did monks copy the Bible?
He saw copying biblical texts as spreading the message of the Christian religion and “fighting with pen and ink against the unlawful snares of the devil” (ch. 30), which seems as noble a purpose as any for devout monks to perform daily as part of their grueling manual labor.
Sarah Jenkins is a veteran tech journalist with over 12 years of experience covering artificial intelligence, mobile innovations, and digital ethics. Her insights have appeared in leading technology publications worldwide.
