Biblical figures who really existed ?

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_Bret Ripley
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Re: Biblical figures who really existed?

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ludwigm wrote:Yes. For example, there are - in different shrines - three or more skulls of him, from his different ages.
This reminds me of one of my favorite lines from The Name of the Rose: "...in the cathedral of Cologne, I saw the skull of John the Baptist at the age of twelve."
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Re: Biblical figures who really existed?

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Bret Ripley wrote:
ludwigm wrote:Yes. For example, there are - in different shrines - three or more skulls of him, from his different ages.
This reminds me of one of my favorite lines from The Name of the Rose: "...in the cathedral of Cologne, I saw the skull of John the Baptist at the age of twelve."

Touché! I've stolen it from there...



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