To be kept in mind the next time someone drones on about the Bible being composed by "illiterate Bronze Age goat herders"
I had long heard that the Jews were regarded as being among the most, if not the most, literate people in the Mediterranean region.
The abstract from the paper itself:
I had long heard that the Jews were regarded as being among the most, if not the most, literate people in the Mediterranean region.
The abstract from the paper itself:
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