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Trajan

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Sat Apr-17-04 03:23 PM
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3. I believe ...

That Arabia was polytheist at that time: with knowledge and cultural interaction of Judaism and Christianity ... The Roman/Byzantine reach did not extent to the arabian peninsula to any great degree ...

It should be noted: the Caaba was first a long time pagan site: it is said that Abraham worshipped many mesopotamian deities there ...

Among them ? .... YHWH, a minor deity of the desert folk ....

Consider that a 'rags to riches' story ....

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