Cited for Joseph's dreams and his interpretation of Pharaoh's dreams, which saved his life and made him second-in-command in Egypt. Tamir's example of how much ancient cultures valued dreams.
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the elixir of authenticityColin, who isn't religious, describes scripture as written down through 'Chinese whispers' long after the events, and twisted by men for ego and power. He still says there are diamonds in it. He jokes that for an evening of sex and violence he'd read the Bible.
don't pretend you aren't confusedTyler binds his handmade anthologies with Bible onion-skin paper because it is thin, bendy and strong. Tamir traces the term 'scapegoat' to the biblical ritual of loading sins onto a goat.
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- The handmade anthology
When Tyler loves a short story, he cuts it from the spine of its book with a carpenter's knife and rebinds his favorites with Bible onion-skin paper, which acts like book glue. He built a…