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Does This Ancient Handwriting Prove the Bible’s Age?

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A new study of 100 letters written on clay pottery shows early literacy in ancient Israel—but can it really prove when the Bible was composed?

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Michael Cordonsky, Tel Aviv University and the IAA

Talk of ancient handwriting set the science world aflutter on Tuesday thanks to a new study that used mathematical analysis of clay-pot letters to determine that there was a “high level of literacy” in ancient Israel.

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