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Owning defeat explains the Bible

The scribes portrayed their kingdoms' subjugation as divine judgment and made it the lens for viewing their entire past.

Admitting defeat rather than denying it.

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Their willingness to own their people's defeat, not negate or diminish it, goes a long way toward explaining why we have a Bible today.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 25

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