01678cam a22002778a 450000100090000000300090000900500170001800800410003501000170007602000470009304000190014004300120015908200120017110000230018324501280020626000590033430000290039349000470042250400510046950506810052063000500120165000270125165000340127865000620131265100260137416377058AU-EpEBC20111017203542.0100805s2010    gau      b    001 0 eng    a  2010033450  a9781589831070 (paper binding : alk. paper)  aDLCcDLCdNEMB  aa-is---00a492/ROL1 aRollston, Chris A.10aWriting and literacy in the world of ancient Israel :bepigraphic evidence from the Iron Age /cby Christopher A. Rollston.  aAtlanta, GA :bSociety of Biblical Literature,cc2010.  axv, 171p ;bpbk ;c23cm.0 aArchaeology and biblical studies ;vno. 11  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aContents : 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.00aBible.pO.T.xCriticism, interpretation, etc. 0aInscriptions, Semitic. 0aSemitic languages, Northwest. 0aMiddle Eastern literaturexRelation to the Old Testament. 0aPalestinexLanguages.