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008			100805s2010 gau b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9781589831070 (paper binding : alk. paper)
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082	0	0	_a492/ROL
100	1		_aRollston, Chris A.
245	1	0	_aWriting and literacy in the world of ancient Israel : _bepigraphic evidence from the Iron Age / _cby Christopher A. Rollston.
260			_aAtlanta, GA : _bSociety of Biblical Literature, _cc2010.
300			_axv, 171p ; _bpbk ; _c23cm.
490	0		_aArchaeology and biblical studies ; _vno. 11
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	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.
630	0	0	_aBible. _pO.T. _xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650		0	_aInscriptions, Semitic.
650		0	_aSemitic languages, Northwest.
650		0	_aMiddle Eastern literature _xRelation to the Old Testament.
651		0	_aPalestine _xLanguages.
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