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Alexander the Great and God's People; Also, a Question About Divorcing Unbelievers
When Jaddua was the high priest, an important Kuthean (i.e Samaritan) named Sanballat gave his daughter Nicaso as a wife to Jaddua's brother Manasseh. However, the leaders of the people, and eventually Jaddua himself, were uneasy with this marriage to a foreigner, and tried to get him to divorce...- Sam Jer
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A Possibly More Credible Origin Story for the LXX
Philadelphus was the king of Egypt, in the days that the Ptolemaic dynasty ruled over Egypt and Judea. When he, an avid book collector, heard of the scriptures, he desired to have them translated and added to his library. One of the king's friends, Aristeus, desired to free the many enslaved...- Sam Jer
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