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Steve Wiggins posted an entry on his blog entitled \u201cPulp Bible<\/a>\u201d which looks at the fact that so many people think themselves experts on the Bible, without ever having done more than read parts of it (and in some cases perhaps not even that). The post also contains a useful reflection on Ezekiel 25:17 as \u201cquoted\u201d in Pulp Fiction<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Steve Wiggins posted an entry on his blog entitled \u201cPulp Bible\u201d which looks at the fact that so many people think themselves experts on the Bible, without ever having done more than read parts of it (and in some cases perhaps not even that). 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