Vector made of text

Is there a way for me to take some text and place it in a vector shape?
What the client wants is all the names of the hostages (she has it typed out) in the shape of a Magen David Star.
I remember the JDF once showed something in the email blast but not sure if it was this kind of idea.
Thank you so much

copy text and paste it into area type text box in illustrator

Thank you