Politics · 9 · Daughter Zion

Kingdoms were necessary but not sufficient

By unifying calendars, festivals, music, law, worship, and language, the kingdoms of Israel and Judah created occasions for writing.

States laid the groundwork; defeat built the Bible.

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Had they kept expanding without subjugation, their scribes would never have produced writings capable of sustaining a nation.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 151

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