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post tenebras lux · 06-30-2006, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by EthnAlln

You are right that I fell for it. But it wasn't the Christian websites. It was in a general history of civilization textbook intended for use in universities. The author said (I can almost quote this): Christian and Jewish scholars alike have been thrilled to discover that this text, almost a thousand years older than our previous manuscripts, is essentially identical to the text we have been using.

So, it's not true. Very interesting....

Do you happen to remember which textbook it was? Title, author(s)/editor(s), publisher, that sort of thing?

EthnAlln · 06-30-2006, 04:59 AM

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Originally Posted by post tenebras lux

Do you happen to remember which textbook it was? Title, author(s)/editor(s), publisher, that sort of thing?

I've been racking my brain. I know the book exactly. It was a large, gray volume that I donated to the library sale last year. It was multi-authored, published some time around 1970. I believe it was just called "History of Civilization". It wasn't Brinton, Christopher, and Wolff, which I still have on my shelf. But I can't bring in the names of the authors of the other text.

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