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Ancient Profanity Historians Have A Very Specific Beat
The third of the ten commandments starts with "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain...". What did this mean to ancient Jews? Were people at the time saying things like "God damn it"? If it did have another meaning, when did people start using terms similar to…
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