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THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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[Narrator] [According to the Bible], the second step of the REFORM involved eradicating any competing religions in order to unite the people around a single god. Finally, the third step involved ELABORATING A COMMON HISTORY by combining the traditions of the north with those of the south. Is it possible to find TRACES IN THE FIELD of Josiah's [?] reform? Proof that this centralization of religion in Jerusalem occurred?
Tel Arad.
The temple of Arad in the Negev, constructed in the 8th century B.C., is located inside a fortress.
The temple was destroyed at the end of the 8th century, and was never rebuilt.
It was constructed on the model of temples that had been erected in Canaan for centuries, a model going back to the late Bronze Age.
In the internal courtyard, which was open to the public,
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