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Today there will be an AMA session on ancient Jewish and Christian history, including but not limited to matters that intersect with the Bible, on the AskHistorians subreddit. I will be participating. Hope you\u2019ll pay a visit! UPDATE: Here\u2019s a direct link: \u00a0http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskHistorians\/comments\/1sbq67\/we_are_scholarsexperts_on_ancient_judaism\/ \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":16044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,131,40,152],"tags":[1140,4643,4648,10087],"class_list":["post-19722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible","category-christianity-religion","category-history","category-judaism-religion","tag-bible","tag-historians","tag-historical-criticism","tag-reddit"],"yoast_head":"\n
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