Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel :
[Book]
epigraphic evidence from the Iron Age /
by Christopher A. Rollston
Atlanta :
Society of Biblical Literature,
c2010
xix, 171 p. :
ill. ;
23 cm
Archaeology and biblical studies ;
no. 11
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-159) and indexes
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
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Bible., O.T.-- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Inscriptions, Semitic
Middle Eastern literature-- Relation to the Old Testament