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Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel:Epigraphic Evidence from the Iron Age
Abstract
Ancient Northwest Semitic inscriptions from Israel, Phoenicia, Syria, Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Philistia enlighten and sharpen our vision of the Old Testament world in various ways. Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel focuses on this epigraphic evidence in order to broaden our understanding of the techniques and roles of writing, education, and literacy during this biblical period. To that end, the volume systematically covers scribal education; scribal implements; writing media such as stones, potsherds, and plaster; and the religious, administrative, and personal uses of writing. Its handbook format makes it easily accessible, including for use as a textbook in courses addressing the cultural context of ancient Israel.
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“The Gezer Calendar has been regarded as the oldest Hebrew text (Donner and Röllig 1962, 34; 1964, 181; Gibson 1971, 1; Naveh 1982 [1987], 65), although its script is Phoenician (Renz 1995, I:32; II:155; Rollston 2010, 30; cf. also the literature in Koller 2013, 190, fn. 78) and its morphology and lexis exhibit no feature that can definitely be determined as Hebrew.”
From The Significance of the Newly Found Amorite- Akkadian Bilinguals for Hebrew Lexicography (2025) · cites this paper as Rollston 2010
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Golinets, V. (2025) · Interconnected Traditions: Semitic Languages, Literatures, Cultures—A Festschrift for Geoffrey Khan · doi:10.11647/obp.0463.32
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- Authors
- Rollston, C. A.
- Corresponding author
- Rollston, Christopher A.
- Venue
- SBL Press eBooks
- Publisher
- SBL Press
- Published
- 2025-02-15
- OpenAlex
- W1506208542
- Cited by
- 197
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 23
- FWCI
- 88.29
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- SBL Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Ancient Near East History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
- Keywords
- ancient Israel, Iron Age, scribal training, literacy, writing media, pottery sherds, stone inscriptions, religious literature, administrative writing, personal writing, Phoenicia, Moab, Ammon, Edom, Philistia
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