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Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel : epigraphic evidence from the Iron Age
- Title
- Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel : epigraphic evidence from the Iron Age / by Christopher A. Rollston.
- Author
- Rollston, Chris A.
- Publication
- Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2010.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 171 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 11
- Uniform Title
- Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 11.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-159) and indexes.
- 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.
- Call Number
- *PED 12-590
- ISBN
- 9781589831070 (paper binding : alk. paper)
- 1589831071 (paper binding : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010033450
- OCLC
- 653483809
- Author
- Rollston, Chris A.
- Title
- Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel : epigraphic evidence from the Iron Age / by Christopher A. Rollston.
- Imprint
- Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2010.
- Series
- Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 11Archaeology and biblical studies ; no. 11.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-159) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- *PED 12-590