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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Cuneiform writing
History
B Language teaching & learning B Language B Writing History To 1500 (Middle East) |
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