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Beyond Dagon.
In the book of Samuel, the Philistines capture the Ark of the Covenant from the sinful Israelites and place it in the temple of their god Dagon. The next day, the priests find that the idol of Dagon has fallen to the ground and set it upright. The day after that, they find the statue lying on the ground and broken into pieces, and decide to find another place for the Ark.
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The fate of the dhimmi.
The rabbi, the student, and the professor.
“What kind of living?—a living; you lived.”
Beyond Dagon.