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of any religion's books of scripture. Knowledge (XXG) treats all texts simply as documents. Knowledge (XXG) reports on the history and language and content and social/intellectual background of texts and documents, and attempts to describe the intentions and points-of-view expressed in them.
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September 2005, after which Wetman began conscientiously editing away the phrase wherever it occurred, sometimes with marked improvement in texts. By January 2014 the expression "legend states" occured in 300 articles, and
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