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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

900–801 BC

The Ninth Century BC

1 work

c. 840 BC

Aramaic

The Tel Dan Stele

An Aramean king, probably Hazael

Three broken fragments of a basalt victory monument found reused in a wall at Tel Dan in 1993 and 1994. The surviving lines claim the killing of a king of Israel and a king of the house of David.

Levantine · Inscription2 Kings2 Samuel1 KingsRead elsewhere