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The Old Testament uses barrenness becoming fertile by supernatural means as a literary motif. Is this literary motif exclusively from the Hebrew people or is this literary motif found anywhere else in ancient cultures?

by /u/howtoreadspaghetti in /r/AskHistorians

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