02952nam a2200445Ia 4500 ocn182846991 OCoLC 20200709055141.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 071205s2004 enka sb 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780511338359 (electronic bk.) 051133835X (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)182846991 206875 (N$T) BS445 .S315 2004eb 220.1 22 N$TA Schniedewind, William M. How the Bible became a book [electronic resource] : the textualization of ancient Israel / William M. Schniedewind. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004. xiii, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-216) and index. How the Bible became a book -- The numinous power of writing -- Writing and the state -- Writing in early Israel -- Hezekiah and the beginning of Biblical literature -- Josiah and the text revolution -- How the Torah became a text -- Writing in exile -- Scripture in the shadow of the Temple. For the past two-hundred years Biblical scholars have usually assumed that the Hebrew Bible was mostly written and edited in the Persian and Hellenistic periods (5th-2nd centuries B.C.E.). Recent archaeological evidence and insights from linguistic anthropology, however, point to the earlier era of the late Iron Age (8th-6th centuries B.C.E.) as the formative period for the writing of biblical literature. This book combines recent archaeological discoveries in the Middle East with insights from the history of writing to address how the Bible first came to be written down and then became sacred Scripture. It provides insight into why these texts came to have authority as Scripture and explores why Ancient Israel, an oral culture, began to write literature. It describes an emerging literate society in ancient Israel challenging the assertion that literacy first arose in Greece during the fifth century B.C.E.--From publisher description. Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. Bible History. Bible Histoire. Oude Testament. gtt Mondelinge overlevering. gtt Schriftcultuur. gtt Canon. gtt Electronic books. local NetLibrary, Inc. Original 0521829461 9780521829465 (DLC) 2003063474 (OCoLC)53306475 Bibliographic record display http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=206875 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information cpp2873 02 N$T 49161 49161