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<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>Lecture by Mark Smith, via <a href=\"https:\/\/biblicalstudiesonline.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/20\/mark-s-smith-on-the-birth-of-monotheism\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Biblical Studies Online<\/a>. See also <a href=\"https:\/\/thebiblicalreview.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/01\/monotheism-in-the-ancient-world\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">William Hart Brown\u2019s post<\/a> on the same topic.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lecture by Mark Smith, via Biblical Studies Online. 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