Posted on 05/16/2023 4:41:52 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Exsqueeze me but the accepted timeframe for Moses receiving the 10 Commandments is the 13th Century BC, and is that not also "proof" that he Israelites were literate, either that or "the God YHW" mistook them for being so.
Thanks UMCRevMom@aol.com, already posted (Ancient tablet found on Mount Ebal predates known Hebrew inscriptions (Israel) [05/15/2023]).
Also one of *those* topics.
Having some priests be literate does not mean that Israelites in general were literate.
I like his theory. Have some disagreements with it, but I would trust him more than myself.
Great movie.
1. Your post interjected the term "in general" into the discussion. It is neither implied nor inferred by the article.
2. Neither does a single tablet containing a curse mean that the Israelites "in general" were literate. Nor is it any any indication that the curse was not written by a priest, who might have been one of the few who were literate.
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