01727cam a22003018a 4500 16377058 AU-EpEBC 20111017203542.0 100805s2010 gau b 001 0 eng 2010033450 9781589831070 (paper binding : alk. paper) DLC DLC NEMB a-is--- 492/ROL 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. Bible. O.T. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Inscriptions, Semitic. Semitic languages, Northwest. Middle Eastern literature Relation to the Old Testament. Palestine Languages. ddc 10290 10290 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN MAIN OS 2011-02-21 Amazon.com 26.32 1 492/ROL 10208 2015-09-16 00:00:00 2013-05-20 1 55.00 2011-02-21 AM