Brush Up Your Bible!

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Gramercy Books, 1998 - Religion - 366 pages
What did Israel sow in order to "reap the whirlwind"? Where did the "prodigal son" go to spend his inheritance? What is a "plowshare"? Learn about these and other well-known words, phrases, and stories of the Old and New Testaments that have entered our everyday language.

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THE HEBREW Bible Old TESTAMENT I
1
THE NEW TESTAMENT
161
PURGATORY
325
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