In fact, it's a great deal more than that. It's an anthropological gold mine. It's a powerful rite-of-passage narrative. It's a remarkable social covenant. It's bellicose propaganda. It's a great collection of legends. It's a body of exquisite poetry. Stripped of the remarkably banal New Testament, it is easily one of mankinds most magnificent manuscripts.pah said:
What does any of this have to do with this thread?
