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Word: bithenosh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1949-1949
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...lists of apocryphal books of the Bible. Because of the difficulty of unwrapping the fragile leather, only a four-by-eight-inch fragment containing 26 lines has been studied so far. The snippet, says Dr. Trever, seems to be a discussion between Noah's father, Lamech, his mother, Bithenosh, and his grandfather, Methuselah, about their ark-building offspring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Oldest Word | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

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