Statement

Without the Hebrew Bible itself, nothing in the inscriptional record would lead us to guess that ancient Judah had so varied and sophisticated a literature. Who wrote it, when and why has occupied scholars for roughly three centuries, producing countless hypotheses; the authors point to a few basic points of consensus.

References

1. p. 41

   supports · main text · ch. 2

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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2. p. 41

   supports · main text · ch. 2

   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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