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Three ways the Bible differs from a royal monument
Unlike Moab's Mesha Stele, the Bible's narrative is portable, told in the third person by no king, and it ends in defeat rather than victory.
A movable monument to defeat.
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Mesha shares the Bible's theology: enemies win when the god is angry with his people. But his stone stood fixed in conquered ground. The Bible's narrative, on papyrus and parchment, could be copied, carried, and expanded, a survival guide for a scattered people.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 245–247
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