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OverviewFor 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Philip R Davies (School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Wales, UK) , Thomas RomerPublisher: Acumen Publishing Imprint: Acumen Publishing Weight: 0.308kg ISBN: 9781908049575ISBN 10: 190804957 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 31 December 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationThomas Romer is Professor of Hebrew Bible in 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. Philip R. Davies is Emeritus Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of On the Origins of Judaism (Acumen, 2011) and editor of Yours Faithfully: Virtual Letters from the Bible (Acumen, 2004). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |