Hebrew inscriptions? How early?

Hebrew inscriptions? How early? July 7, 2015

 

Aleppo Codex detail
Joshua 1:1 in the Aleppo Codex

 

Some have argued that many of the books of the Hebrew Bible were composed quite late — and are therefore historically suspect — because Hebrew literacy and/or an Israelite scribal tradition really arose only during, say, the period of the late Judahite monarchy.

 

Here are a couple of little items relevant to that argument:

 

“The Latest on Hebrew Inscriptions”

 

“More on the New Hebrew Inscription”

 

Posted from Carlsbad, California

 

 


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