Genesis 2:4 This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
History implies writing (prehistory is before writing).
Genesis 27:26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have one-fifth, except for the land of the priests only, which did not become Pharaoh's.
Law implies writing (people forget otherwise).
Exodus 17:14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."
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Begin at the beginning; for example,
http://www.trueorigin.org/tablet.asp
So when does writing first appear in biblical narrative?
The first mention of writing is the toledoth in Gen.5:1a, "This is the book of the generations of Adam."
That's not narrative. What is the first mention of a specific person actually writing something at a particular place and time?
My, particular, aren't you?
Genesis 2:4 This is the history of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
History implies writing (prehistory is before writing).
Genesis 27:26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have one-fifth, except for the land of the priests only, which did not become Pharaoh's.
Law implies writing (people forget otherwise).
Exodus 17:14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."
Is that particular enough?
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