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Churches, Grand Retables, and Ceiling Paintings in Portugal during the 16th and 17th Centuries

"Religious and military architecture represented the core of early modern Portuguese architectural and artistic culture. Churches and fortresses are still the main architectural and symbolic landmarks of Portuguese history, closely related to the country’s maritime explorations and its colonial empire..." – By Giuseppina Raggi

The Book of Ecclesiastes (Qohelet)

"Multiple questions surrounding the book of Ecclesiastes (Qohelet or Qoheleth in Hebrew)—including the identity of the book’s author and how it fits with other biblical texts—have long fascinated and confounded readers. In regard to authorship, scholarship since the late 19th century has dispensed with the tradition that Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes..."– By Thomas M. Bolin

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