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From: mib@pogo.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell)
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Subject: Re: COMPARE BIBLE/NEWS ARTICLES
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Date: 18 Feb 91 04:29:51 GMT
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In article <Feb.12.04.21.14.1991.13338@athos.rutgers.edu> billg@bony1.bony.com (Bill Gripp) writes:

   No, not of the whole planet.  But they did encompass all or most of the
   KNOWN WORLD of that time.  We must remember the cultural and historical
   contexts under which scripture was written when we seek to interpret it.

That's simply not true.  In every one of those empires, they
encompassed wide areas, but it was well known that there were lots of
people outside those areas.  Rome and Alexander are similar examples
of "world empires" that weren't, and they knew it.

	-mib