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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

501–600

The Sixth Century

1 work

c. 500–600; older material within it

Syriac

The Cave of Treasures

Anonymous

Sacred history from Adam to Pentecost, hung on one idea: Adam was buried with gold, myrrh, and frankincense in a cave beneath Eden, Noah carried the body onto the ark, and it was finally laid at Golgotha — so that Christ's blood ran down onto Adam's skull.

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