Tracking the Master Scribe
Subtitle: Revision Through Introduction in Biblical and Mesopotamian Literature
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780190205393
Subjects: Assyro-babylonian literature
Description: "With collectively produced texts that underwent massive change over time, Mesopotamian literature and the Hebrew Bible confound modern notions of authorship and creativity. Tracking the Master Scribe: Revision through Introduction in Biblical and Mesopotamian Literature probes the methods employed by ancient scribes to pass down the writing that mattered most"--