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## [New At Fourmilab: The Stratified Bible](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/new-at-fourmilab-the-stratified-bible/860)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [11 February 2022 15:52 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/new-at-fourmilab-the-stratified-bible/860 "2022-02-11T15:52:19Z")

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In Comment 3 on Hypatia’s 2022-02-04 post “Sump’n To It?” I discussed Donald E. Knuth’s book 3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated and the technique of stratified sampling of individual verses thoughout the Bible as a tool to und…

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## [How Did the Assyrians Defeat Lachish?](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-did-the-assyrians-defeat-lachish/346)

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**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [11 November 2021 21:09 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/how-did-the-assyrians-defeat-lachish/346 "2021-11-11T21:09:44Z")

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The article in Haaretz describing the work is “Archaeologists Reveal Secrets of Assyrian War Machine That Conquered Ancient Judah”. If you get an in-your-face pop-up about turning off your ad blocker when you view th…