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Theological Library of Caesarea Maritima
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “library of the christians of caesarea maritima in palestine in early times”. Today it says “library of the christians of caesarea maritima in syria palaestina in antiquity”.
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Origen , an avid collector of Christian books helped create the Library of Caesarea containing more than 30,000 manuscripts.1 The Theological Library of Caesarea Maritima , or simply the Library of Caesarea , was the library of the Christians of Caesarea Maritima in Palestine in ancient times.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “library of the christians of caesarea maritima in palestine in early times”. Today it says “library of the christians of caesarea maritima in syria palaestina in antiquity”. Read the current article and compare.
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library of the christians of caesarea maritima in palestine in early times
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library of the christians of caesarea maritima in syria palaestina in antiquity
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