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Footnote 2 - Afterlife

Ecclesiasticus, or the Book of Sirach, is part of the Catholic canon and is contained in the Septuagint, the first translation of the Bible from Hebrew to Greek—made for the Jews of Alexandria in about the third century B.C. Ecclesiasticus is in the apocrypha of Jews and Protestants.

Footnote 6 - Bible Books

Manichaeism was a highly developed and widespread dualistic Gnostic system consisting of elements from the teachings of Buddha, Zoroaster and Jesus. Mandaean gnosticism is a syncretistic religion surviving from ancient times until today in southern Iran and Iraq. It is composed of Jewish, Christian and traditional Gnostic elements.

Footnote 2 - Bible Lands

Some scholars may doubt that Isaiah 32:19 refers specifically to the region called the Shephelah. However, given the history of conflict in the Shephelah, a promise of peace could not be offered for a more appropriate place.

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