RE: Who was James the brother of Jesus?
January 21, 2010 at 1:04 am
(This post was last modified: January 21, 2010 at 1:05 am by chatpilot.)
Thanks for clarifying that up Min I thought that the paragraph was referring to the original writings. Here it is in its entirety.
His life work was the History of Rome from its founding in 753 BC The narrative comes to an end with Drusus (9 BC). Of the original 142 books of the work (published in sections) 35 are extant (Books I-X, XXI-XLV).
That "of the original 142 books....35 are extant" meant to me that they were making a distinction between copies and originals, and that 35 were still in existence. I did some digging and found that you are correct. It's still more than I can say for the bible since we know who the author of these works was, as opposed to the slew of anonymous authors of the bible.
His life work was the History of Rome from its founding in 753 BC The narrative comes to an end with Drusus (9 BC). Of the original 142 books of the work (published in sections) 35 are extant (Books I-X, XXI-XLV).
That "of the original 142 books....35 are extant" meant to me that they were making a distinction between copies and originals, and that 35 were still in existence. I did some digging and found that you are correct. It's still more than I can say for the bible since we know who the author of these works was, as opposed to the slew of anonymous authors of the bible.
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