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Abraham apocalypses Aramaic Assyria Baals Babylon become beginning believers Bible called Canaan celebrate century chapter Christ Christian prayer covenant creation story David death Deuteronomy discover divine dynasty Egypt Egyptians Elijah Elohist epic everything example exile in Babylon Exodus express Ezekiel Ezra faith Gilgamesh give God's gods Greek Hebrew history of Israel holy Hosea human imagery important Isaiah Jeremiah Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Judah king kingdom of Judah land language literary genre liturgy living look Lord Luke Maccabees meaning Messiah midrash Moses northern kingdom Old Testament Pentateuch poem preaching present Priestly priests prophets psalms read the text reflection religious reread Sacred History sacrifice Samaria scripture Second Isaiah Septuagint Solomon sometimes spirit Studying a text Temple things Tiamat translation understand verses Wisdom word writing Yahweh Yahwist