The Library
1780 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
600–501 BC
1 work
c. 589–587 BC
Hebrew
Hoshaiah and the garrison of Lachish
Ostraca found in the burnt gate-chamber of a fortress destroyed by the Babylonians. An officer writes that they are watching for the signal fires of Lachish, because they can no longer see the ones from Azekah — and complains of a prophet whose words weaken the hands of the people.
101–200
1 work
c. 100–130
Greek
Paraleipomena Jeremiou
Anonymous
Jeremiah's servant Abimelech sleeps sixty-six years under a tree and wakes with figs still fresh in his basket to find the exile over. The book ends with Jeremiah proclaiming the Son of God, being stoned by the people, and a stone taking his shape so that he can finish the message.
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