For the past two-hundred years Biblical scholars have usually assumed that the Hebrew Bible was mostly written and edited in the Persian and Hellenistic periods (5th-2nd centuries B.C.E.). Recent archaeological evidence and insights from linguistic anthropology, however, point to the earlier era of...

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1. Verfasser:	Schniedewind, William M. 1962- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2004
Ausgabe:	1. publ.
Schlagworte:	Bible > History Bibel > Altes Testament Canon Mondelinge overlevering Oude Testament Schriftcultuur Bibel Bibel. Altes Testament Geschichte Textgeschichte
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Zusammenfassung:	For the past two-hundred years Biblical scholars have usually assumed that the Hebrew Bible was mostly written and edited in the Persian and Hellenistic periods (5th-2nd centuries B.C.E.). Recent archaeological evidence and insights from linguistic anthropology, however, point to the earlier era of the late Iron Age (8th-6th centuries B.C.E.) as the formative period for the writing of biblical literature. This book combines recent archaeological discoveries in the Middle East with insights from the history of writing to address how the Bible first came to be written down and then became sacred Scripture. It provides insight into why these texts came to have authority as Scripture and explores why Ancient Israel, an oral culture, began to write literature. It describes an emerging literate society in ancient Israel challenging the assertion that literacy first arose in Greece during the fifth century B.C.E.--From publisher description.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	XIII, 257 S. Ill.
ISBN:	0521829461 9780521829465 0521536227 9780521536226