To: blam
...the thin fragile silver of each scroll was etched with 19 lines of tiny, Hebrew scriptHow on earth were they able to put 19 lines of script on a piece of metal only slightly larger than two inches?
To: curmudgeonII
How did they put 19 lines of scripture on a 2 inch piece of metal?
Maybe they had nanotechnology back then.
To: curmudgeonII
"How on earth were they able to put 19 lines of script on a piece of metal only slightly larger than two inches?" I can put the Lord's Prayer on the pointed head of a needle. (But, I'm a retired chip-maker)
22 posted on
02/28/2004 4:41:05 PM PST by
blam
To: curmudgeonII
Carefully!
27 posted on
02/28/2004 6:13:15 PM PST by
Elsie
(When the avalanche starts... it's too late for the pebbles to vote....)
To: curmudgeonII
Microcaligraphy has long been a distinct Jewish artform. In the Israel Museam in Jerusalem, there's a copy of the entire book of Exodus written on a single 8x11 piece of paper.
To: curmudgeonII
"
How on earth were they able to put 19 lines of script on a piece of metal only slightly larger than two inches?"Someone had pretty sharp eyesight.
I have a complete bible (all 66 books!) on a film the size of a playing card. You have to have at least a 100-power microscope to read it!
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