Writing the Bible : Scribes, Scribalism and Script

Thomas Römer

ISBN 10: 1844657310 / ISBN 13: 9781844657315

Editore: Taylor & Francis Aug 2013, 2013

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Neuware - For many years it has been recognized that the key to explaining the production of the Bible lies in understanding the profession, the practice and the mentality of scribes in the ancient Near East, classical Greece and the Greco-Roman world. In many ways, however, the production of the Jewish literary canon, while reflecting wider practice, constitutes an exception because of its religious function as the written 'word of God', leading in turn to the veneration of scrolls as sacred and even cultic objects in themselves. 'Writing the Bible' brings together the wide-ranging study of all major aspects of ancient writing and writers. The essays cover the dissemination of texts, book and canon formation, and the social and political effects of writing and of textual knowledge. Central issues discussed include the status of the scribe, the nature of 'authorship', the relationship between copying and redacting, and the relative status of oral and written knowledge. The writers examined include Ilimilku of Ugarit, the scribes of ancient Greece, Ben Sira, Galen, Origen and the author of Pseudo-Clement.

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• Titolo: Writing the Bible : Scribes, Scribalism and Script
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Aug 2013
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1844657310
• ISBN 13: 9781844657315
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 234 L x 156 A x 14 P (millimetri) 234 millimetri di larghezza per 156 millimetri di altezza per 14 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 490 grammi

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For many years it has been recognized that the key to explaining the production of the Bible lies in understanding the profession, the practice and the mentality of scribes in the ancient Near East, classical Greece and the Greco-Roman world. In many ways, however, the production of the Jewish literary canon, while reflecting wider practice, constitutes an exception because of its religious function as the written "word of God", leading in turn to the veneration of scrolls as sacred and even cultic objects in themselves. "Writing the Bible" brings together the wide-ranging study of all major aspects of ancient writing and writers. The essays cover the dissemination of texts, book and canon formation, and the social and political effects of writing and of textual knowledge. Central issues discussed include the status of the scribe, the nature of 'authorship', the relationship between copying and redacting, and the relative status of oral and written knowledge. The writers examined include Ilimilku of Ugarit, the scribes of ancient Greece, Ben Sira, Galen, Origen and the author of Pseudo-Clement.

Informazioni sull'autore

Philip R. Davies is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield.

Thomas Römer is Professor of Hebrew Bible at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is also Professor of Biblical Studies at the College de France, Paris.