Big Ideas · 17 · Moses and Joshua
Whose story defines a nation?
Should American history begin with British colonists? What about Native peoples and later immigrants? Every national narrative faces this question.
The Bible embraced multiple origin stories.
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At Thanksgiving, children of every background are asked to make the Pilgrim story their own.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 282–283
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