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Among the other chief purposes, it was the work of a priestly class as in Hinduism or of a learned class as in Islam to study and learn their scripture, thus preserving and protecting it. For in those days there was no printing. The scripture itself was treated with the greatest respect as containing the record and memorial of the prophet's revelation.

-- Notebooks Category 17: The Religious Urge > Chapter 2 : Organization, Content of Religion > # 118