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Interestingly, it's as though the gospel story of Jesus is the archetypal heroic journey, the embodiment of the very adventure that all people in every epoch have desired.

Alan Hirsch

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Alan Hirsch
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: October 24
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Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
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