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| | A Chronology of the Gnostic Movement - azothgallery.com |
 | | When Adam first saw Eve, he recognized in her not a mere marital partner, but a spiritual power: 'And when he saw her, he said, "It is you who have given me life, you shall be called the Mother of the Living [Eve]; for it is she who is my Mother. |
 | | North Canaanite epics, older than the Torah (the Five Books of Moses, beginning with Genesis), vividly depict the exploits of the weather-god Baal, the Rider of the Clouds, who with two clubs bludgeoned the gods of the sea and river, Prince Yamm and Judge Nahar, confining them to their proper spheres. |
 | | Xerxes is historically identified as King Ahasuerus in the Book of Esther, his queen, whose Judeism is unknown until Xerxes prime minister Haman plots to kill all the remaining Jews in Persia. |
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