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20083400 No.20083400 [Reply] [Original]

> He that hath small understanding, and feareth God, is better than one that hath much wisdom, and transgresseth the law of the most High. (Sirach 13:24)
So, /lit/, you DO read books for the sake of acquiring wisdom and putting it into practice, do you not?

>> No.20083403

>>20083400
What do I read to cure my visualisation of the Israelites as living in primitive desert camps?

>> No.20083419
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>>20083403
Look up pictures of the Israeli countryside and look at photographs of archaeological sites in the Levant region. There are some parts of the country which have an arid climate, but most of it has a Mediterranean or semi-arid climate instead.

>> No.20083663

>>20083403
By actually looking at pictures of the major places in the Bible and realizing they're all green.

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>>20083400
Nah, I read books because I like the pictures that play in my head when I read them.

>> No.20084111

>>20083400
God is a villain, to know him is to know villainy and despotism.

>> No.20084199

>>20083769
thats pogchamp hard comrade

>> No.20084227

>>20083769
based

>> No.20084242

>>20083419
>>20083663
Unfortunately it’s impossible to visualise them as not Jewish

>> No.20084245

>>20083400
I read entirely for pleasure. I like Classics.

>> No.20084346

>>20083400
I read to get closer to God. True art can only exist if it was created to glorify God.