01884cam a22003138a 450000100090000000300090000900500170001800800410003501000170007602000470009304000190014004300120015908200120017110000230018324501280020626000590033430000290039349000470042250400510046950506810052063000500120165000270125165000340127865000620131265100260137494200080140099900170140895201450142516377058AU-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.  2ddc  c10290d10290  00102ddc4070aMAINbMAINcOSd2011-02-21eAmazon.comg26.32l1o492/ROLp10208r2015-09-16 00:00:00s2013-05-20t1v55.00w2011-02-21yAM