Writing and literacy in the world of ancient Israel
Subtitle: epigraphic evidence from the Iron Age
By: by Christopher A. Rollston
Series: Archaeology and biblical studies -- no. 11
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9781589831070
Subjects: Languages; Relation to the Old Testament; Bible; Semitic Inscriptions; Northwest Semitic languages; Middle Eastern literature; Criticism, interpretation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-159) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The origins of alphabetic writing: a summary of the salient features; title: The use of the Phoenician script during the Iron Age and the rise of the Levantine national scripts; title: The nature of the Northwest Semitic epigraphic record: form and function; title: The status of the scribe and the tools of the trade; title: Scribal education in ancient Israel: the old Hebrew epigraphic evidence; title: Monumental buildings for education, scribal practice texts, and print exposure in the scribal home; title: The extent of literacy in ancient Israel; title: Inscriptions from the market: a precarious basis for statements about the nature of the epigraphic record, scribal practices, and literacy.