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January 15, 2015

What Clay Seals Can Tell Us about Iron-Age Israel

Last year, archaeologists discovered lumps of clay (known as bullae) made for sealing documents in Khirbet Summeily in the Negev. Their presence suggests a higher degree of political organization in 10th-century BCE Israel than was previously thought, thus lending greater credibility to the biblical books of Samuel and I Kings. James Hardin, Christopher Rollston, and Jeffrey Blakely explain what this discovery implies (free registration required):

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January 15, 2015

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  5. What Clay Seals Can Tell Us about Iron-Age Israel