Bonus: The Political Power of the Alphabet

The phonetic alphabet was invented by the Phoenicians around the 10th century BCE. Just north of the Israelite's domain. As that revolutionary concept spread out, the Hebrews had a headstart and put to text their "national" stories and religion into writing. How did the power of written storytelling impact their history in real-time? Gil and Omri discuss. Support our podcast on Patreon!

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