Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel: epigraphic evidence from the Iron Age
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 tra...
| Published in: | Archaeology and biblical studies |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Atlanta, Ga.
Society of Biblical Literature
2010
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| In: |
Archaeology and biblical studies (11)
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| Reviews: | , in: StEeL 27 (2010) 111-112 (Merlo, Paolo) , in: RBLit (2011)* (2011)* (Young, Ian; Schnocks, Johannes) , in: BBR 21 (2011) 394-396 (Hess, Richard S.) , in: EThL 88 (2012) 183-184 (Debel, H.) , in: CBQ 74 (2012) 798-800 (Aznar, Carolina) , in: BTB 42 (2012) 53-54 (Hutton, Jeremy M:) , in: JAOS 132 (2012) 316-317 (Matthews, Victor H.) , in: BArR 38/4 (2012) 59-60 (Millard, Alan) , in: JSSt 58 (2013) 403-406 (Heide, K. Martin) , in: OLZ 108 (2013) 221-229 (Lehmann, Reinhard G.) |
| Series/Journal: | Archaeology and biblical studies
11 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Israel (Antiquity)
/ Semitic languages
/ Inscription
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Mediterranean area
B Inscriptions, Semitic B Epigraphy B Semitic languages, Northwest B Bible. Old Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc B Writing system B Palestine Languages B Ancient Orient B Middle Eastern literature Relation to the Old Testament B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-159) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 1589831071 |