Parchment

2 Timothy 4:13  •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 7
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A thin skin prepared for receiving writing. It is much more durable than papyrus. The great majority of the early copies of the scriptures that are extant are on parchment and have thus been preserved to us (2 Tim. 4:1313The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. (2 Timothy 4:13)).
 
The Great Isaiah Scroll (1Qlsa)—(Late 1St century BC—early 1St century AD)1
 
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