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Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (414 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674044586
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew BibleDDC classification:
  • 221.66
LOC classification:
  • BS1130.T66 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- introduction -- 1. books that are not books: Writing in the World of the Bible -- 2. authorship in antiquity: Practice and Perception -- 3. in search of the scribes, i: Comparative Evidence -- 4. in search of the scribes, ii: The Biblical Evidence -- 5. making books: Scribal Modes of Text Production -- 6. the teaching of moses: Scribal Culture in the Mirror of Deuteronomy -- 7. manufacturing the prophets: The Book of Jeremiah as Scribal Artifact -- 8. inventing revelation: The Scribal Construct of Holy Writ -- 9. constructing the canon: The Closure of the Hebrew Bible -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The scribes of ancient Israel are the main figures behind the Hebrew Bible, and this book tells their story for the first time. Drawing comparisons with the scribal practices of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, van der Toorn details the methods, assumptions, and material means that gave rise to biblical texts.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- introduction -- 1. books that are not books: Writing in the World of the Bible -- 2. authorship in antiquity: Practice and Perception -- 3. in search of the scribes, i: Comparative Evidence -- 4. in search of the scribes, ii: The Biblical Evidence -- 5. making books: Scribal Modes of Text Production -- 6. the teaching of moses: Scribal Culture in the Mirror of Deuteronomy -- 7. manufacturing the prophets: The Book of Jeremiah as Scribal Artifact -- 8. inventing revelation: The Scribal Construct of Holy Writ -- 9. constructing the canon: The Closure of the Hebrew Bible -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

The scribes of ancient Israel are the main figures behind the Hebrew Bible, and this book tells their story for the first time. Drawing comparisons with the scribal practices of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, van der Toorn details the methods, assumptions, and material means that gave rise to biblical texts.

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