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The finger of the scribe : how scribes learned to write the Bible

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The finger of the scribe : how scribes learned to write the Bible

Call No. (NDL)
GE761-D8
Bibliographic ID of National Diet Library
029934965
Material type
図書
Author
William M. Schniedewind.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
[2019]
Material Format
Paper
Capacity, size, etc.
x, 236 pages ; 25 cm
NDC
-
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Material Type
図書
ISBN
9780190052461 hardcover
0190052465 hardcover
Author/Editor
William M. Schniedewind.
Publication Date
[2019]
Publication Date (W3CDTF)
2019
Extent
x, 236 pages
Other physical details
illustrations
Size
25 cm
Place of Publication (Country Code)
US
Text Language Code
eng
Genre/Form Terms
Content Type
text
Media Type
unmediated
Carrier Type
volume
NDLC
Target Audience
一般
Note (Content)
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.
Note (Bibliography)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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GE761-D8
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Bibliographic ID (NDL)
029934965
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RDA
Bibliographic Record Category (NDL)
211