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An anthem like the Star-Spangled Banner
Just as the Star-Spangled Banner commemorates an obscure battle, Deborah's song memorializes a fight with Canaanite kings in the twilight of Israel's existence.
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It says nothing of Sinai or sacrifice, a sign it's relatively early. Yet its vision of a kingless people presupposes the monarchy and its fall.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 55
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