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An ancient script that refused to die
The paleo-Hebrew script developed in the Iron Age kingdoms. Long after daily writing changed, it still appeared on coins and was used for God's name in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
A script can carry a nation's memory.
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Its persistence reflects an attachment to national tradition rooted in the Iron Age, in contrast to the shared, cosmopolitan culture of the earlier Bronze Age civilizations.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 70–71
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