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Arms and creeds versus texts and conversations

Empires build kingdoms with weapons and dogma. The biblical authors built a community with texts and the lively conversations they provoked.

Conversation as cohesion.

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Members were to learn their history, study their law, internalize wisdom, and master their poetry and songs.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 234

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