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Home THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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Over 20,000 cuneiform tablets have been excavated in Mari.
They contain certain Biblical names, such as Yesmachel, which could be Ishmael.
Yacubel, for Jacob, and most importantly, Abiram for Abraham.
[Jacques Briend, Catholic University of Paris] For a long time it was thought that the name of Abraham could be linked to the period around 1,800 ...
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