Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel :epigraphic evidence from the Iron Age /by Christopher A. Rollston.

Book

Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Description

The origins of alphabetic writing: a summary of the salient features -- The use of the Phoenician script during the Iron Age and the rise of the Levantine national scripts -- The nature of the Northwest Semitic epigraphic record: form and function -- The status of the scribe and the tools of the trade -- Scribal education in ancient Israel: the old Hebrew epigraphic evidence -- Monumental buildings for education, scribal practice texts, and print exposure in the scribal home -- The extent of literacy in ancient Israel -- Inscriptions from the market: a precarious basis for statements about the nature of the epigraphic record, scribal practices and literacy. xix, 171 pages :illustrations ;25 cm.

Book Details

Author

Rollston, Chris A.

Place Published

City

Leiden :Boston

Publication Subjects

Bible.--Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc. Inscriptions, Semitic. Semitic languages, Northwest. Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.

Call No.

PJ3085 .R65 2010B

ISBN

9789004130814, 9004130810

LCCN

2010033620

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-159) and indexes. Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier Media type: unmediatednrdamedia Date: [2010] Publication Info: {copy}2010