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When a new religion supplants an old religion, the gods of the old often survive as the demons of the new.

— Cyrus H. Gordon The Common Background of Greek and Hebrew Civilizations (1965)

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It has been said that the Bedouin Arab is a parasite that lives on the camel, and this to a great extent is true.

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If the entire aristocracy is of divine descent, Zeus (or El) cannot save the human son without upsetting the order of things.

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By examining the pottery on any given site you can tell during which periods it has been occupied.

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When the characters of epic and heroic saga are on significant missions, they are led divinely.

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Our debt to the Bible and Classics is so great that this type of research will deepen our understanding of our culture and of ourselves.

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