The Finger of the Scribe: How Scribes Learned to Write the Bible - Couverture rigide

Schniedewind, William M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0190052465 ISBN 13 : 9780190052461

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2019

Synopsis

One of the enduring problems in biblical studies is how the Bible came to be written. Clearly, scribes were involved. But our knowledge of scribal training in ancient Israel is limited. William Schniedewind explores the unexpected cache of inscriptions discovered at a remote, Iron Age military post called Kuntillet 'Ajrud to assess the question of how scribes might have been taught to write. Here, far from such urban centers as Jerusalem or Samaria, plaster walls and storage pithoi were littered with inscriptions. Apart from the sensational nature of some of the contents-perhaps suggesting Yahweh had a consort-these inscriptions also reflect actual writing practices among soldiers stationed near the frontier. What emerges is a very different picture of how writing might have been taught, as opposed to the standard view of scribal schools in the main population centers.

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À propos de l?auteur

William M. Schniedewind has been a Professor of Biblical Studies and Northwest Semitic Languages at UCLA for twenty-five years. He has been the Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and held the Kershaw Endowed Chair of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies. Professor Schniedewind is the author of six books and numerous articles.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0190052465
• ISBN 13: 9780190052461
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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