{"product_id":"the-library-of-alexandria-when-knowledge-gathered-against-oblivion-283-bce-9798195541354","title":"The Library of Alexandria: When Knowledge Gathered Against Oblivion 283 BCE","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael McGilbourne\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - Ancient Civilizations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Knowledge Gathered Against Oblivion 283 BCE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Library of Alexandria: When Knowledge Gathered Against Oblivion\u003cp\u003eYou are the end point of an unbroken chain of survival. Every person who came before you lived long enough to pass something forward. Everything that happened between the beginning of humanity and this moment is not the past - it is the story of the making of you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexandria, Egypt. 283 BCE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA city where three languages meet in the streets. A lighthouse half-finished on an island, its fire visible from forty miles at sea. A Library being built to hold every book that exists. Six elderly Jewish scholars sitting under a sycamore, arguing about one word: \u003ci\u003ebereshit\u003c\/i\u003e. In the beginning. Or in a beginning. The choice will travel into every language, every prayer hall, for the next two thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat happened: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Library seized every scroll from every ship entering the harbor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZenodotus invented alphabetical ordering - a system every library would adopt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix elders translated sacred Law into Greek on an island, knowing the choice would reshape how their people read their own book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA young runner carried questions across the water. A girl made the papyrus the answers were written on. A merchant copied the verses in secret.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe questions that still matter: \u003c\/b\u003e Can a sacred text survive translation? Can a people survive having their book translated without them? What is the difference between the book and the people?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor homeschooling families: \u003c\/b\u003e This series was written for you. Not a textbook. A story that will leave your child asking the questions no curriculum can generate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47882813079703,"sku":"9798195541354","price":1442.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798195541354.webp?v=1781097236","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-library-of-alexandria-when-knowledge-gathered-against-oblivion-283-bce-9798195541354","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}