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 |  Subject: Did The Devil Really Write This Bible?  Sun Jun 05, 2016 7:19 am | |
| Did The Devil Really Write This Bible?
June 5, 2016 by SkyWatch Editor
 While the technical name for the manuscript is Codex Gigas (literally “giant book” in Latin), it is better known as the ‘Devil’s Bible.’ It is currently housed in the National Library in Stockholm, but it was created in the twelfth century in Bohemia (the modern Czech Republic), possibly at the Benedictine monastery of Podlažice. It was transported to Sweden as part of the booty seized at the conclusion of the Thirty Years’ war in 1648. It would have taken two men to steal it, as the book is around a meter tall and weighs almost 165 pounds. It’s not just the scale of the book that make it unusual, but also its contents. (READ MORE) |
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