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Creation Myths in the Ancient World

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

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The Dilemma of the Jewish Bible

In the second half of the 19th century, there were a number of important discoveries in Mesopotamia. Cuneiform tablets with triangular wedges impressed upon them are written on clay rather than paper. For our discussion now, there is the Babylonian creation epic or alish numa alish. The first two words of the story of the flood went on high school students' reading comprehension tests.

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