Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel

epigraphic evidence from the Iron Age

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Chris A. Rollston, Chris A. Ro ...
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Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel

epigraphic evidence from the Iron Age

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Boston : Brill
Language
English

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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Leiden
Series
Archaeology and biblical studies -- no. 11

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
492
Library of Congress
PJ3085 .R65 2010b

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25041658M
ISBN 13
9789004130814
LCCN
2010033620

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