Another student argues that if a work is close to what is true, it can withstand the test of time whether the horizon is fifty years or two thousand years.
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Endurance
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Jiang says Jewish endurance across centuries depended on a small minority preserving covenantal faith while most Jews historically assimilated into surrounding civilizations.
He says repeated expulsions follow cyclical bad times: Jewish communities maintain separation to preserve faith, then become targets of blame during crisis, move elsewhere, and restart the same endurance pattern.
Rachel and Jacob's love is shown by mutual endurance: Jacob works another seven years and Rachel waits instead of leaving.
The Yahwist's few sentences reveal what it means to be human, to have family, to love, and to forgive, which is why the Bible endures.
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"Yes. If what he writes is close to the truth and close to what is true, it will stand, withstand the test of time...."
"Why do you think that people of Israel have been constantly expelled from 109 countries over the course of history? The Israelites say it's..."
"The Jews think they are the chosen people, so they say, they set themselves apart from you. They live in their own communities, they..."
"for seven years every night at dinner Leah would cry and scream at her father. How could you embarrass me like this? I'm your..."
"Right? Second of all Rachel's willing to wait for Jacob. She could at any time just run off and be with someone else. But..."
"...ice political honorary access or artistic presence being allowed and the endurance and embellishment of art the ancient oligarchs verse six further and they..."
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