{"id":327,"date":"2023-02-01T12:04:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T20:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2023-05-19T15:04:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T22:04:39","slug":"non-biblical-ancient-texts-relating-to-the-biblical-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/non-biblical-ancient-texts-relating-to-the-biblical-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Biblical Ancient Texts Relating to the Biblical World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Ancient Near East\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>In the last two hundred years, a large number of discoveries have been made that shed light on the world of the Bible. Below are a few of the images that have helped us understand more about the culture, language, and scripts of the ancient Near East. For additional images, see the articles under\u00a0Dead Sea Scrolls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/the-el-kerak-inscription-2\/\">El-Kerak<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0An inscription from Moab.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/marzeah-an-ancient-canaanite-tablet-from-ugarit\/\">The MRZH Text\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0An ancient contract from the city of Ugarit.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/the-el-kerak-inscription\/\">Cuneiform Tablet<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0An ancient cuneiform tablet from Mesopotamia.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/amman-citadel-inscription\/\">The Amman Citadel Inscription<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0An ancient inscription from one of Israel&#8217;s neighbors.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/heshbon-ostracon\/\">The Heshbon Ostraca<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Economic records from an ancient Moabite\/Israelite city.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/cylinder-seals-and-the-west-semitic-research-project-2\/\">Cylinder Seals<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0An ancient form of impression seals.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/the-kingdoms-of-samal\/\">Sam&#8217;alian\u00a0Texts<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Phoenician and Aramaic texts from Zincirli.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/el-amarna-tablets\/\">El-Amarna Tablets<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Ancient tablets written in cuneiform script.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wsrp\/persepolis-fortification-archive\/\">Persepolis Fortification Archive<\/a>\u00a0 Aramaic, Elamite and Anepigraphic tablets found at Persepolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--link-list \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--link-list\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  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