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May 8, 2017

The Bible Isn’t Just for Believers

A secular victory at the International Bible Quiz.

Israel’s government-sponsored International Bible Quiz for Youth takes place every year on Independence Day. For some time the contest’s winners have uniformly come out of the religious Zionist school system, but this year’s winner is a student at a secular school. To Gabi Avital the youngster’s victory marks the reversal of a trend in Israel during which Bible study disappeared from the mainstream, becoming the province instead of Orthodox Jews and (mainly) secular scholars:

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