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Subject: For Text Study Group this week

Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:44:50 -0700 (PDT)

From: David Bonde <dkbonde@gmail.com>

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from Malina and Rorhbaugh, Social Science Commentary on the Synoptic
Gospels, p102

"The impossible yields described in v. 8 are typical of the fantastic
exaggerations typical of peasant stories as well as Jesus' parables.
Recent research suggests that a yield four to at most five times the
amount of seed used would be normal."

unfortunately, no citation is given for this "recent research".