Archaeologica.org

"Regardless, we have no indication of a written Hebrew text prior to the Dead Sea Scrolls."

That idea is what made this find so important.
Plus the fact that it is a “non-Biblical” document.

http://freethoughtnation.com/index.php? ... 35:judaism

I thought this was a pretty well written story about the find.
It seems to be evenhanded and not take a strong view.

And it does show how far back written Hebrew goes.

Minimalist wrote:no indication of a written Hebrew text prior to the Dead Sea Scrolls. The earliest OT is in Greek...

So any story (supposedly) a thousand years plus older can, at its kindest, be described as totally unsupported wishful thinking, at its most romantic as a fairy tale, and at its most objective and accurate as plain, old-fashioned superstition...
And second hand, opportunistically appropriated from other cultures... thus un-original at that!
(In summary: bovine manure...)

Pathetically small-minded, really.

And Xtianity is built on that...