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AP: Some South Sudanese believe Bible backs vote for Independence
The interpretation is not so far-fetched, said Ellen Davis, a professor at Duke Divinity School who has been working with the Episcopal Church of Sudan to strengthen theological education there since 2004.
“There’s no doubt that Isaiah 18 really is speaking about the people of the upper Nile,” she said. “It really is speaking about the Sudanese people.”
Davis said the belief in the prophecy is nearly universal among the Christians she has met in Sudan.
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