But the proposal is still faced with some serious questions. It is not clear, from within the model, why one should be reading the New Testament to achieve this effect. Why should one not read, as of equal value, the Gospel of Thomas, or Pirke Aboth, or for that matter Pride and Prejudice? Likewise, it is not clear what continuing status the model gives to history, nor why, within its own terms, one should focus on literature specifically. Why not early Christian art or artifacts? Is it just that
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