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===Earliest Hebrew writings===

===Earliest Hebrew writings===

Skeptics have claimed that [[Hebrew]] writing did not exist before the 6th century B.C.  But a recent Israeli archaeological dig dated four centuries earlier, in the 10th century B.C., included an artifact found at Khirbet Qeiyafa in the Elah Valley.  This artifact contained a written inscription in Hebrew relating to "slaves, widows and orphans." Haifa University Professor Gershon Galil noted that this disproves the theory that the Bible could not have been written before the 6th century.<ref>https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2010/01/08/Bible-may-be-centuries-older-than-thought/UPI-21171262997765/</ref>

Skeptics have claimed that [[Hebrew]] writing did not exist before the 6th century B.C.  But a recent Israeli archaeological dig dated four centuries earlier, in the 10th century B.C., included an artifact found at Khirbet Qeiyafa in the Elah Valley.  This artifact contained a written inscription in Hebrew relating to "slaves, widows and orphans." Haifa University Professor Gershon Galil noted that this disproves the theory that the Bible could not have been written before the 6th century.<ref>https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2010/01/08/Bible-may-be-centuries-older-than-thought/UPI-21171262997765/</ref> Furthermore, a curse tablet at [[Mount Ebal]] was discovered that contains Hebrew writing that may date as early as 1400 BC.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Metcalfe |first=Tom |date=29 March 2022 |title=Ancient 'curse tablet' may show earliest Hebrew name of God |url=https://www.livescience.com/ancient-curse-tablet-early-hebrew |accessdate=8 June 2023 |website=livescience.com}}</ref> The tablet is even old enough to push back the date that secular scholars proposed for the [[Exodus]] of Jews from Egypt.

==Economics==

==Economics==