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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mountain Man: [QB] The percentage of people in the ancient world who could speak and understand more than one and often many different tongues was greater than that of todays world. Christ would have been a title rather than a name. Since the hebrews did not allow portaits(graven Images) the written discriptions were a very important way of indentification. Romans recognized that a persons appearance went a long way towards his effectivness as a leader. They were always looking for clues about any one who might gain popular support for or against Roman rule. The Letter was much like an intelligence report. Later exagerations like the story that it was carved in stone found in ruins hurt the credibility of the text of the original letter. Since the original was either lost or no longer exist the only records that remain(those of a saint)dating from the 11 century are all anyone has to judge its worth as a historical document. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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