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The long seventh century
Judah's 135 years after Israel's fall, historians call it the long seventh century, saw many of the most important biblical writings take shape.
Between two defeats, a literature grew.
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Some writings came from survivors of the defeated North, others from Judah's court. Their differing views give the Bible its complexity.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 99
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