Archives, library

Archives, library
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Description and usage

The library was a place for the storage of official or public documents. There was no distinctive structure for such a building.


Translation

In 2MA 4:9 several translations render the Greek word biblion as “archives” (RSV, GNT). However, here this word refers more to “books” or “records” rather than to the place were those records were kept.

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