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<\/a>A friend introduced me to a new blog, Excavating Truth<\/a>. It didn\u2019t take me long to figure out that this is one I\u2019ll want to link to. There is a three<\/a> part<\/a> (so far) series<\/a> on Ancient Near Eastern Cosmology, and it begins with the question<\/a> \u201cIs Darth Vader the father of Luke Skywalker?\u201d<\/p>\n

If you share the same interests as me, I won\u2019t need to say more than that to persuade you to take a look! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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A friend introduced me to a new blog, Excavating Truth. It didn\u2019t take me long to figure out that this is one I\u2019ll want to link to. There is a three part (so far) series on Ancient Near Eastern Cosmology, and it begins with the question \u201cIs Darth Vader the father of Luke Skywalker?\u201d If […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nLuke Skywalker's Paternity and Ancient Israelite Cosmology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A friend introduced me to a new blog, Excavating Truth. It didn't take me long to figure out that this is one I'll want to link to. 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