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What makes this tricky is when you think the relevant texts were originally written. Aramaic block lettering is almost always wrong, but what precisely is right varies a lot. So in the case of Old Testament stuff in particular, you're essentially making a faith statement by what you use, if you go this far in 'authenticity'. I.e. if you use a 15th century BC script for the high priest's garments, you're claiming that the text of the Torah actually dates from that period and that the description of the high priest's garments therein remains unchanged. Both of which are suggested by Orthodox Judaism and very conservative forms of Christianity, but not by archaeology or scholarly study of the texts.
But in more general historical fiction, this really doesn't bother me. For example, if its about the Trojan war, and they show classical Greek instead of Linear B, I don't get all up in arms.
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