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Biblical places first appear in curses
Egyptian priests wrote enemies' names on clay figurines, then smashed, burned, and buried them. Among the cursed are Ashkelon, Shechem, and possibly Jerusalem.
History often first remembers the vanquished as targets.
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These 'Execration Texts' date to around the nineteenth century BCE. The earliest references to places central to the Bible's story come from texts that celebrate their doom.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 31–32
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