biblical
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To excavate biblical Palestine was, in his mind, to restore Jewish sovereignty over the Jewish story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
He also argued that human beings were meant to live to 120 years, citing biblical scripture.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
The biblical passage recounts how the serpent, typically interpreted as the devil in Christian theology, tempted Eve to sin by eating the forbidden fruit.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
A century later, Jon Erwin filmed his biblical epic ‘The Old Stories: Moses,’ starring Ben Kingsley, on the same studio lot now owned by Amazon MGM Studios.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Lanning grinned too, and, as always at such times, his long white hair and shrewd little eyes made him the picture of a biblical patriarch, “True for you, Dr. Calvin.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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