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THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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[Narrator] These conclusions are quite surprising. The SISTER KINGDOM to the north -- Israel --
with its rich soils and its temperate climate, was prosperous and developed.
Whereas the kingdom to the south -- Judah -- with its rocky hills and its TINY POPULATION,
only developed as far as a subsistence economy.
They both share THE LAND OF CANAAN.
One was strong, the other was weak. And yet it was the weak KINGDOM [?] THE YOUNGER SIBLING [?] Judah, that would write THE FAMILY [?] history,
and would credit itself with the successes of the GREAT KINGS OF THE NORTH. [?]
[Thomas Romer, University of Lausanne] When you read the history of these two kingdoms -- ISRAEL AND JUDAH -- IN THE BIBLE,
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