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Born in the Iron Age

Unlike the shared cosmopolitan culture of the Bronze Age, the Iron Age fostered local, national traditions, and the Bible was born in it.

Local identity made the Bible possible.

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The persistence of the paleo-Hebrew script into Greco-Roman times reflects that deep-rooted attachment to national tradition.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 70–71

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