Hebrew Bible wasn't written after the exile to Babylon but before
Ancient to-do lists dating back 2600 years to the seventh century BC cast doubt on the widely-held secular belief that the Hebrew Bible (selected parts of the Old Testament ) was compiled after the Israelites were exiled to Babylon in 587BC. The contents of the lists themselves – written by up to six different individuals and discovered in Ted Arad in the Negev Desert (near the Dead Sea) – are, well, kind of weird. “And now, give the Kittiyim 3 baths of wine.” “And a full homer of wine, bring tomorrow; don’t be late. And if there is vinegar, give it to them.” “And Hananyahu has commanded you to Beersheba with 2 donkeys’ load and you shall wrap up the dough with them.” But according to researchers at Tel Aviv University , they show a level of literacy amongst seventh century Judeans which is higher than previously thought. It therefore, raises the possibility that the Hebrew Bible was collated earlier than the Babylonian exile. Alan Millard , an evangelical scholar and emerit