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PoindexterOglethorpe

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5. That would be a strong clue that
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 02:34 PM
Jun 2017

the Old Testament started life as an oral work. Repetition is crucial to maintaining an oral work, and over time discrepancies can creep in.

Back when I was taking a world literature course at a community college, we did "The Iliad", originally an oral epic, and then "The Aeneid" a written epic. The differences between the two forms, one oral and one written, is striking.

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