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“The Sargon account is written in the first person, as is highly typical for royal narrative inscriptions, whereas the Moses account is written in third person, as is highly typical of biblical narrative. These two modes of narration evince deep ideological underpinnings. First” quote by Joshua A. Berman — Download Open image

““The Sargon account is written in the first person, as is highly typical for royal narrative inscriptions, whereas the Moses account is written in third person, as is highly typical of biblical narrative. These two modes of narration evince deep ideological underpinnings. First””

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