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I used to wonder what would happen if a Polish pope challenged the Evil Empire. Could a Polish pope return to his homeland, stand before the Iron Curtain, proclaim “Let my people go” and win? Or even live? Amazingly, a scant decade later, the question has been rendered moot. Not only is it possible to challenge the Kremlin and win … you don’t even need an exalted title or position to do so. Shipyard worker or playwright is sufficient, just as carpenter’s son once was to challenge Rome. 027Suddenly there is an awareness that monster impregnable forces may […]

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Footnotes

See Frank J. Yurco, “3,200-Year-Old Picture of Israelites Found in Egypt,” BAR 16:05. Yurco also explains why he believes the name should be written Merenptah rather than the more common Merneptah.

See Aharon Kempinski, “Jacob in History,” BAR 14:01.

B.C.E. (Before the Common Era)is the scholarly alternate designation corresponding to B.C.

See Ziony Zevit, “Three Ways to Look at the Ten Plagues,” BR 06:03 and my letter, Readers Reply, BR 06:05.