The New Testament was not written only by Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul, but by numerous ‘enslaved persons’.
11 April 2024, The Tablet
Invisible scribes
Slaves could not easily refuse any task, for there was a good deal of fear built into the system.
The scribe Tertius taking down Paul’s Letter to the Romans.
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