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Submitted by Stephen Goranson on Fri, 01/09/2026 - 10:28

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The synagogue wall painting depicts Samuel blessing David as one of seven equal height, easy to count, men. Another painting shows the priests of Baal as eight figures.
Just down "wall street," in the Christian house-church, the wall paintings show eight as good--Sunday used to be considered the eighth day. If interested, see my
"7 vs. 8: The Battle Over the Holy Day at Dura-Europos"
https://people.duke.edu/~goranson/Dura-Europos.pdf

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