02952nam a2200445Ia 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040001300111020003500124020003200159035002100191035001800212050002400230082001400254049000900268100002900277245012300306260007000429300003500499504006400534505030500598520095300903533015701856630002002013630002102033650002502054650003402079650002502113650001602138655002902154710002102183776007602204856018502280910001202465994001202477999001702489ocn182846991OCoLC20200709055141.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu071205s2004    enka    sb    001 0 eng d  aN$TcN$T  a9780511338359 (electronic bk.)  a051133835X (electronic bk.)  a(OCoLC)182846991  a206875b(N$T)14aBS445b.S315 2004eb04a220.1222  aN$TA1 aSchniedewind, William M.10aHow the Bible became a bookh[electronic resource] :bthe textualization of ancient Israel /cWilliam M. Schniedewind.  aCambridge, U.K. ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2004.  axiii, 257 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-216) and index.00tHow the Bible became a book --tThe numinous power of writing --tWriting and the state --tWriting in early Israel --tHezekiah and the beginning of Biblical literature --tJosiah and the text revolution --tHow the Torah became a text --tWriting in exile --tScripture in the shadow of the Temple.  aFor 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bBoulder, Colo. :cNetLibrary,d2007.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.00aBiblexHistory.06aBiblexHistoire.17aOude Testament.2gtt17aMondelinge overlevering.2gtt17aSchriftcultuur.2gtt17aCanon.2gtt 7aElectronic books.2local2 aNetLibrary, Inc.1 cOriginalz0521829461z9780521829465w(DLC)  2003063474w(OCoLC)533064754 3Bibliographic record displayuhttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=206875zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information  acpp2873  a02bN$T  c49161d49161