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ButlerianJihadtoday at 1:03 AM2 repliesview on HN

For some reason, there is a gigantic and ancient monastery on Mount Sinai with a commensurate collection of ancient manuscripts and papyri. Totally coincidence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Monastery#...

How did all that stuff get up there? It was holy angels. #itsalwaysangels


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Pay08today at 2:31 PM

I don't get the point of this comment. What are you implying?

mistrial9today at 1:11 AM

those are certainly Christian curated documents. The previous six hundred+ years had seen the development of vivid and exotic religion, philosophy and arts. The Christians famously slew the Dragons, condemned Herod as a sorcerer and astrologer, and replaced the Apollo cults with the scripture that many know well.

I imagine that the Library of Alexandria was plural and diverse with respect to the traditions and inquiry that was represented there.

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