Before and after Babel: writing as resistance in ancient Near Eastern empires
The ancient Near East is not only where the world's earliest writing system, Babylonian cuneiform, was invented some 5000 years ago, but also where nearly 2000 years later numerous other scripts developed each to write a specific language. As a framework for the rich intellectual history of thi...
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| Format: | Electronic Image |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Reviews: | The Scribal Turn in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies (2024) (Koller, Aaron J., 1978 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Oxford scholarship online
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ancient Orient
/ Writing
/ History
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| Further subjects: | B
Cuneiform writing
History
B Language teaching & learning B Language B Writing History To 1500 (Middle East) |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | The ancient Near East is not only where the world's earliest writing system, Babylonian cuneiform, was invented some 5000 years ago, but also where nearly 2000 years later numerous other scripts developed each to write a specific language. As a framework for the rich intellectual history of this region's ancient past, this book investigates how this 'confusion of tongues' came about, how writings in the multiple languages and scripts interacted with each other, and what the consequences were. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 16, 2022) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-763469-1 978-0-19-763468-4 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197634660.001.0001 |
