History 413 (Ancient Israel)The people of ancient Israel left no
great works of art or architecture. They made
virtually no contributions to astronomy, medicine,
physics, or biology. They created no mighty
empire. And yet the Israelites are probably the
most important of all ancient civilizations in terms
of their impact on subsequent civilization. As
more than one modern scholar has noted, no member of
Western civilization can consider himself fully
educated if he is not familiar with the Israelites and
their one contribution to subsequent civilization, the
Bible.
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