[log in to unmask] wrote: > > In a message dated 03/26/2000 11:07:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > > If I remember correctly, the first "complete" bible was put together in the > > 7th or 8th century in northern England. Still, through most of the Middle > > Ages, a complete set of scriptures was a rarity. > > s > > mark > > > What about Jewish Bibles (the OT)? When Augustine refers to "the books of the > Jews," I get a sense that he has a discrete set of books in mind. > > pat sloane Right on, Pat. That's what I had in mind in my previous message, when I said that the Bible put together at Vivarium by Cassiodorus preceded theat of the Amiatinus. In fact, Vivarium was an Augustinian institution. Luciana -- **************************************** Luciana Cuppo Csaki Societas internationalis pro Vivario e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.geocities.com/athens/aegean/9891/ **************************************** %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%