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Finger of the Scribe

By Schniedewind, William M

Finger of the Scribe Social Sciences

Finger of the Scribe

By Schniedewind, William M

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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.
Product details
Number of Pages:
248
Release Date:
2019-10-22
Publication Date:
2019-10-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0190052465
ISBN13:
9780190052461
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
540 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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