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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.

100–1 BC

The First Century BC

1 work

c. 100 BC; found first in Cairo in 1896

Hebrew

The Damascus Document

CD

Anonymous

A history of the sect — a plant root springing up three hundred and ninety years after the exile, groping like blind men until God raised a Teacher of Righteousness — followed by laws for members who marry, hold property, and live in camps in the towns.

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