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

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...

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Main Author: Schniedewind, William M. 1962- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Oxford$aNew York, NY Oxford University Press [2019]
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Reviews:[Rezension von: Schniedewind, William M., 1962-, The finger of the scribe : how scribes learned to write the Bible] (2020) (Gardner, Anne E.)
[Rezension von: Schniedewind, William M., 1962-, The finger of the scribe : how scribes learned to write the Bible] (2021) (Milstein, Sara J., 1978 -)
[Rezension von: Schniedewind, William M., 1962-, The finger of the scribe : how scribes learned to write the Bible] (2020) (Porzia, Fabio, 1984 -)
[Rezension von: Schniedewind, William M., 1962-, The finger of the scribe : how scribes learned to write the Bible] (2020) (Poirier, John C., 1963 -)
[Rezension von: Schniedewind, William M., 1962-, The finger of the scribe : how scribes learned to write the Bible] (2020) (Falk, David A.)
[Rezension von: Schniedewind, William M., 1962-, The finger of the scribe : how scribes learned to write the Bible] (2022) (Keefer, Arthur, 1987 -)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Literalness / Scriptorium
Further subjects:B Bible - Antiquités
B Education, Ancient (Middle East)
B Hébreu (Langue) - Écriture
B Scribes
B Egypt
B Kuntillet 'Ajrud (Égypte) (site archéologique)
B History
B Inscriptions hébraïques
B Kuntillat Jurayyah (Egypt) Antiquities
B Middle East
B Inscriptions, Hebrew
B Bible - Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Scribes (Middle East)
B Eretz Israel - Antiquities4
B Antiquities
B Scribes, Jewish - History
B Scribes juifs - Formation
B Hebrew language - Writing
B Scribes juifs - Éducation - Histoire
B Judaïsme - 953-586 av J.-C
B Scribes, Jewish - Education - History
B Education, Ancient
B Inscriptions, Hebrew (Egypt) (Kuntillat Jurayyah)
B Egypt - Kuntillat Jurayyah
B Scribes (Egypt)
B Hebrew language Writing
B Scribes, Jewish Education History
B Transmission of texts - Eretz Israel - History
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Summary: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
ISBN:0190052465