A Perennial Digression

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The Good Life

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How to Read the Bible

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Apr 14, 2023
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Archeology of the Hebrew Bible | NOVA | PBS

Composed in response to a prompt from Anantanand Rambachan.

In the Hebrew Bible, the true good for human beings is usually equated with the good life as it was cherished by Ancient Israelites and Judeans. I would wager that, comparatively, this life can be effectively described by reference to three of the four classical Hindu life goals (Skt: purusharth…

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