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   Oh so rich & successful JTEM to Martin Edwards   
   Re: Ravens or Arabs? 1 Kings tanslation    
   05 Sep 18 20:02:39   
   
   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
    Martin Edwards wrote:   
      
   > One history of Israel finesses it by saying that they were really donkey   
   > nomads and an error crept in later.   
      
   Maybe they were just Donkey Kong fans.   
      
   The bible has the ownership of camels as a   
   sign of wealth, the Pharaoh makes a gift of   
   camels. This elevates camels to a cultural   
   level which could not be seen before the   
   6th century BC(E) and the Persian invasion.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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