Sample Script for Leather  

You there!  You look like you could use a new pair of sandals.  Come!  Come to my leather shop.  Let me show you!  I have fine leather.  Soft and supple.  Firm and sturdy.  Long wearing leather.  I tan it myself.  It is a wonderful shop that I have!  Come, come….let me help you!  Purchase something so that I may pay my taxes.  Oh, you don’t need sandals?  Oh, well, what about a fine bag to carry items in?  Or a saddle for your camel?  WHAT?!  You have no camel??  Oh, I pity you, sir!  It’s such a long journey through the desert without a camel.  Well, maybe you have a donkey?  I could make you a donkey saddle, as well.  And a bridle, so that you might steer him.  You have no donkey??!!  Oh, I feel so sorry for you!  How do you get your goods to and from market?.....No donkey…..such a sad state.

Job Description and Background

The tanning business. This has always been an important business in Bible lands. Peter stayed at the house of Simon the tanner when he was at Joppa (Acts 9:43). In recent years the important tanneries have been located at Hebron and at Jaffa. Sheepskins are sometimes used for making shoe leather, although goatskin leather is generally considered to be superior to that made from sheepskins. Goatskins are used largely for the making of bottles for carrying water or other liquids. Except for the neck, legs, and tail, the goatskins are stripped off whole. the holes where the legs and tail were located are sewn up, and the end where the neck was, becomes the mouth of the bottle. These goatskins when laid out in rows for the sun to cure them, look much like pigs with head and legs missing. Sheepskins are treated in a similar way and made soft, and then they are dyed a yellow or red color when used in the making of shoes.