Beyond Controversy in the Hebrew Bible: Standing Stones as Messengers of Common Humanity

The Hebrew Bible is not only an ancient religious text, but also imbues information about the lives of people. Beyond controversial matters in the text, links can be found to common humanity with ancient roots. This renders the text not only relevant for adherents to the religions based on this text...

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Main Author: Viljoen, Elizabeth S. Bloem (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 11
Further subjects:B human universality
B Ethnography
B Archaeology
B Hebrew Bible
B Shamanism
B Jung
B Worldview
B standing stones
B Neurophysiology
B Southern Levant
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