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