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 | | Beaujeu noted possible allusions to the Old Testament: Genesis in chapters 19 and 32, Exodus in 33, Kings in 32, Job in 17 and 36, Psalms in 32, Isaiah in 32, and Jeremiah in 29. |
 | | He further isolated possible references to New Testament materials: Luke in chapter 36, John in 19, Acts in 32, Romans in 31, I and II Corinthians in 31, I Timothy in 29 and 32, and II Peter in 34. |
 | | Beaujeu noted his dependence upon Seneca and especially Cicero’s De Natura Deorum for meter, form and content (chapters 5, 17, 18, 19, and isolated passages throughout the work). |
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