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    Software developer. Entrepreneur. Author. Historian. Podcast host. Husband. Father. Metalhead. Autistic. ADHD. Bipolar II. Serius est quam cogitas.

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    Exploring the Hebrew bible in historical, political, linguistic and social context

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    Writer and Independent Researcher of the old, the odd, and the epic. I get lost in ancient history, mythology, and all the curious things that still make us wonder.

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