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It might be a product of its time, if it's like his other histories Larry Send a noteboard - 26/01/2014 11:17:33 PM

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It was a bit on the short side, assumes you already know the salient facts (thankfully, I did) and attempts to analyze how much of the legends are true.

I'm into Proverbs now on the Septuagint (finished Psalms and Odes).


I really need to devote some scarce free time to learning Attic and Koine Greek. I have a bilingual Septuagint that's awaiting that long-delayed day.

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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