Rollston, Chris A. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781589831070 (paper binding : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010033450 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Inscriptions, Semitic.<br/>Semitic languages, Northwest.<br/>Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Palestine--Languages.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>492/ROL