The Cost of Paul’s Epistles
The Cost of Paul’s Epistles

The Cost of Paul’s Epistles

On the other end of the link is an enlightening blog post, “Parchments,” by Mike Wittmer, giving us some idea how much it cost Paul, the church, or some patron to write and copy each of the epistles we now have in our New Testament. Doing God’s work, even then, was not cheap.

Greek on Parchment
Parchment leaf from a purple Book of Gospels (6th c.) By Tilemahos Efthimiadis from Athens, Greece [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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