Archaeology · 5 · Ahab and Jezebel

Texts start appearing everywhere

From the mid-ninth century BCE, inscribed artifacts multiply in the archaeological record, from personal seals to inscribed pottery shards.

A turn toward writing.

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This 'textualization' of society was historically pivotal: it laid the foundation for the Bible's formation.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 77

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