Reading and Writing Remembrance in Canaan
This paper aims to bridge the gap between the study of language and material culture in the study of Early Alphabetic inscriptions. I engage with recent writings in sociolinguistics, new literacy studies, and multimodality theory to address the ways in which the design, choice in script, and socio-c...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
Year: 2018, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 253-284 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Canaan
/ Northwest Semitic language
/ Sociolinguistics
/ Writing
/ Alphabet
/ Rise of
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| IxTheo Classification: | TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
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| Summary: | This paper aims to bridge the gap between the study of language and material culture in the study of Early Alphabetic inscriptions. I engage with recent writings in sociolinguistics, new literacy studies, and multimodality theory to address the ways in which the design, choice in script, and socio-cultural settings of ancient inscriptions informed their meaning. I address the use of the early alphabetic script on the Lachish Ewer and Kefar Veradim Bowl as a means of marking group membership. |
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| ISSN: | 2192-2284 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew bible and ancient Israel
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/hebai-2018-0015 |