van der Toorn, Karel. <br/><br/>
Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (414 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674044586 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible.-O.T.-History.<br/>Jews-History-To 70 A.D.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1130.T66 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>221.66