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\u00a0 \u00a0 You may have heard about The Lost Gospel, by Simcha Jacobovi and Barrie Wilson. \u00a0(Not Barry Wilson. \u00a0Not even Bary Wilson.) \u00a0If you haven\u2019t, you may yet. \u00a0Unfortunately. \u00a0It\u2019s the kind of thing that tends to do well in our somewhat silly and debased culture. \u00a0 I read about people, and saw a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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