Artificial Intelligence Sheds New Light on the Origins of the Bible

Eventually, the team devised a handwriting recognition tool that worked beautifully on modern Hebrew, and they decided to put it to the test on ancient inscriptions. All in all, their analysis revealed at least six different authors behind the 16 ostraca. Examining the contents of the text itself, the researchers concluded that these authors spanned the entire military chain of command. "The commander down to the lowest water master could all communicate in writing," Shaus said. "This was an extremely surprising result."