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The Importance of Understanding the Ancient Israelites' Language
There are many ways to try to understand what the ancient writers of scripture meant. Dr. Gruber and Dr. Somer anchor their conversation in the world of the ancient Near East. Mesopotamian literature was written down on clay tablets that survived thousands of years underground. We're able to reconstruct the thought world of ancient Mesopotamia much more confidently than we can reconstruct thethought world of ancient Israel.