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Wow, you managed not to link in that post.

Via the combined technological wizardry of the wisdom of the crowds / the long tail / mashups (aka, a search engine), here's the link.

Thanks, Jay. I've fixed the original post now.

Are we still debating whether a fictional book is a better source of historical fact than historical books?

I think the debate is framed around whether we should base our faith in g-d on a trashy novel or on our own interpretations of the Surgeon General's Warning on the side of a cigarette package or on some other textual matter entirely. The subject matter experts stand ready to mediate and help us shape our understanding.

I like the part where it rained frogs and the Nile turned to blood and Charleton Heston raised his AK47 skyward and parted the Red Sea.