The Vatican
Apostolic Library, one of the oldest libraries on the planet, is undertaking an extensive
digital preservation of
its 82,000 document collection — and
they’re all available to view free of charge. Over the course
of a few years, with the assistance of Japanese company NTT DATA, the library
has catalogued
nearly 4,500 manuscripts online —
and it hopes to reach the 15,000 mark within the next four years. The current list of digitized
manuscripts can be viewed through the Vatican Library
website. Read article at -- http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/vatican-library-digitizes-ancient-manuscripts-shares-free-charge/
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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