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Johann Gottfried Herder

Herder's 1782–83 study of Hebrew poetry devoted many pages to Deborah's song, seeing it as proof that diverse tribes could be one people.

Nationhood without statehood.

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Like Herder for German-speaking lands, many communities worldwide have drawn on biblical writings to imagine a nation independent of a state.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 44

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