Excerpt from Biblical Libraries: A Sketch of Library History From 3400 B. C. To A. D. 150 Conscientious scholar. It seems necessary therefore to say that in setting down things which are absurd on their faces the writer has not always thought it meces sary to say that they seemed absurd to him e.g. He does not really believe that Adam actually wrote any Of the books ascribed to him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.