MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01869cam a2200325 a 4500
001 2010033450
003 DLC
005 20130607081943.0
008 100805s2010 gaua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010033450
020 $a9781589831070 (paper binding : alk. paper)
020 $a1589831071 (paper binding : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn653483809
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dYDXCP$dDRU$dMTG$dUBY$dLMR$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aa-is---
050 00 $aPJ3085$b.R65 2010
082 00 $a492$222
100 1 $aRollston, Chris A.
245 10 $aWriting and literacy in the world of ancient Israel :$bepigraphic evidence from the Iron Age /$cby Christopher A. Rollston.
260 $aAtlanta :$bSociety of Biblical Literature,$cc2010.
300 $axix, 171 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
490 0 $aArchaeology and biblical studies ;$vno. 11
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 149-159) and indexes.
505 0 $aThe origins of alphabetic writing: a summary of the salient features -- The use of the Phoenician script during the Iron Age and the rise of the Levantine national scripts -- The nature of the Northwest Semitic epigraphic record: form and function -- The status of the scribe and the tools of the trade -- Scribal education in ancient Israel: the old Hebrew epigraphic evidence -- Monumental buildings for education, scribal practice texts, and print exposure in the scribal home -- The extent of literacy in ancient Israel -- Inscriptions from the market: a precarious basis for statements about the nature of the epigraphic record, scribal practices, and literacy.
650 0 $aInscriptions, Semitic.
650 0 $aSemitic languages, Northwest.
630 00 $aBible.$pOld Testament$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650 0 $aMiddle Eastern literature$xRelation to the Old Testament.
651 0 $aPalestine$xLanguages.