Ever wonder why so few cuneiform texts have been discovered at archaeological sites in Israel? Dr. Yoram Cohen, a lecturer of Assyriology at Tel Aviv University and a specialist in the textual and scribal traditions of the Bronze Age Near East, tackles this intriguing question in the following excerpt from his review of Cuneiform in Canaan: Cuneiform Sources from the Land of Israel in Ancient Times (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2006). Why, despite the variety of texts spread over many sites [in Israel], do we end up with such a small number of cuneiform tablets—especially from the second millennium […]