When was the Bible written?

By decoding the inscription on a 3,000-year-old piece of pottery, discovered at excavations about 18 miles west of Jerusalem, an Israeli professor has concluded that parts of the Bible were written hundreds of years earlier than suspected.

Carbon-dating places the piece in the 10th century B.C. The inscription is the earliest example of Hebrew writing found, which stands in opposition to the dating of the composition of the Bible in current research. Prior to this discovery, it was not believed that the Bible or parts of it could have been written this long ago.

Current theory holds that the Bible could not have been written before the 6th century B.C., because Hebrew writing did not exist until then. Of course, Bible believers ascertain that the earliest writing could have been the book of Job, which would be around the time of Abraham (2000 B.C.). In time, hopefully archaeological discoveries will find more examples of Hebrew writing closer to this earlier time.

Kyle Campbell