Due to its origins from a pre-literary age, the Hebrew Bible draws upon and plays with a wide range of mythic motifs, themes, and narratives.

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In the years since his death in 1997 at age 52, Mr. Van Zandt has become a mythic figure to many roots and alternative-country artists.

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