Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel :
Rollston, Chris A.
Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel : epigraphic evidence from the Iron Age / by Christopher A. Rollston. - Atlanta, GA : Society of Biblical Literature, c2010. - xv, 171p ; pbk ; 23cm. - Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 11 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents : 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.
9781589831070 (paper binding : alk. paper)
2010033450
Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Inscriptions, Semitic.
Semitic languages, Northwest.
Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.
Palestine--Languages.
492/ROL
Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel : epigraphic evidence from the Iron Age / by Christopher A. Rollston. - Atlanta, GA : Society of Biblical Literature, c2010. - xv, 171p ; pbk ; 23cm. - Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 11 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents : 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.
9781589831070 (paper binding : alk. paper)
2010033450
Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Inscriptions, Semitic.
Semitic languages, Northwest.
Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.
Palestine--Languages.
492/ROL
