The Ebla Tablets - 2
n17,000+ tablets
unearthed from era of Ebla Kingdom since 1974
nEarly critics did not think that writing was prevalent at the time of Moses
nRecent digs in northern Syria (Ebla in mid 1970’s) have verified that man had writing skills early on, even at the time of the patriarchs (~ 2500 BC)
nPatriarchs were able to record events on tablets
nMost writing was in Sumerian language, some in Eblaite, their own Semitic language using the same Sumerian script