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Collecting traditions was a political act

The Jacob stories may have served Samaria's court as a unifying myth. After 722 BCE, preserving and expanding them declared that Israel still lived.

Preservation can be resistance.

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All members of the kingdom belonged to Jacob's family and lived where he roamed, whether or not they had a king.

Bible reference: Genesis 25–35

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 115

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