Write That They May Read: Studies in Literacy and Textualization in the Ancient Near East and in the Hebrew Scriptures: Essays in Honour of Professor Alan R. Millard

Write That They May Read is a collection of essays written in honor of our mentor, friend, and fellow scholar, Professor Alan R. Millard. Respectful of his contribution to our understanding of writing and literacy in the ancient biblical world, all the essays deal with some aspect of this issue, ranging in scope from archeological artifacts that need to be “read,” to early evidence of writing in Israel’s world, to the significance of reading and writing in the Bible, including God’s own literacy, to the production of books in the ancient world, and the significance of metaphorical branding of God’s people with his name. The contributors are distributed among Professor Millard’s peers and colleagues in a variety of institutions, his own students, and students of his students. They represent a variety of disciplines including biblical archeology, Egyptology, Assyriology, Hebrew and other Northwest Semitic texts, and the literature of the Bible, and reside in North America, Japan, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Germany.

Write That They May Read contains contributions by:

Gerald Klingbeil, Research Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Andrews University

Martin Klingbeil, Professor of Biblical Studies and Archaeology, and Associate Director, Institute of Archaeology Southern Adventist University

Timothy M. Crow, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Akron; Professional Fellow Old Testament, Ashland Theological Seminary

Terrence C. Mitchell†. Former Keeper of Western Asiatic Antiquities, The British Museum, London, England

Paul J. N. Lawrence, Translation Consultant, Summer Institute of Linguistics International

Yoshiyuki Muchiki, Professor of Biblical Theology, Japan Bible Seminary, Tokyo

Gordon Johnston, Professor of Old Testament, Dallas Theological Seminary

Daniel I. Block, Gunther H. Knoedler Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Wheaton College

Jonathan Burnside, Professor of Biblical Law, Law School, University of Bristol.

Wolfgang Ertl, Dozent am Bibelseminar Bonn, Bornheim/Germany; Associate Professor of Old Testament, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

David Toshio Tsumura, Professor of Old Testament, Japan Bible Seminar

Richard E. Averbeck, Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

C. John Collins, Professor of Old Testament, Covenant Theological Seminary

Jens Bruun Kofoed, Professor of Old Testament, Fjellhaug International University College

John H. Walton, Professor of Old Testament, Wheaton College

James K. Hoffmeier, Emeritus Professor of Old Testament and Near Eastern Archaeology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

David C. Deuel, Academic Dean Emeritus, The Master’s Academy International

Ernest C. Lucas, Vice-Principal Emeritus, Bristol Baptist College, UK

Cheryl Eaton, PhD Candidate, Trinity College, Bristol

Carmen Joy Imes, Associate Professor of Old Testament, Prairie College, Three Hills, Alberta

A. Rahel Wells, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, Andrews University

Richard S. Hess, Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages, Denver Seminary

Edwin M. Yamauchi, Professor of History Emeritus, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio [with contributions from Daniel I. Block and Paul J. N. Lawrence]

Daniel I. Block is Gunther H. Knoedler Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Wheaton College; David C. Deuel is Academic Dean Emeritus, The Master's Academy International; C. John Collins is Professor of Old Testament, Covenant Theological Seminary; Paul J. N. Lawrence is a translation consultant for SIL International.