Orality, Literacy, and Colonialism in Antiquity (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies)
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: June 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781589831315
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; Religious aspects; History; Colonies; Sociology; Social Science; History - General History; Religion; Oral communication; Ancient - General; Ancient and Classical; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - General; To 1500; General; Written communication; Congresses; Mediterranean Region
First sentence: In a narrative cameo reflecting on a botched visit to an itinerant and illiterate Nambikwara group in the Amazon, Claude Levi-Strauss notes that the primary function of writing in the evolution of humankind has not been intellectual in nature.