TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rollston,Chris A.
TI  - Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel: epigraphic evidence from the Iron Age 
T2  - Archaeology and biblical studies
SN  - 9781589831070 (paper binding : alk. paper)
U1  - 492/ROL 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Atlanta, GA
PB  - Society of Biblical Literature
KW  - Bible
KW  - O.T
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Inscriptions, Semitic
KW  - Semitic languages, Northwest
KW  - Middle Eastern literature
KW  - Relation to the Old Testament
KW  - Palestine
KW  - Languages
N1  - 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
ER  -