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Language and Literacy in Roman Judaea - A Study of the Bar Kokhba Documents (Hardcover)
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Language and Literacy in Roman Judaea - A Study of the Bar Kokhba Documents (Hardcover)
Series: The Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library
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This comprehensive exploration of language and literacy in the
multi-lingual environment of Roman Palestine (c. 63 B.C.E. to 136
C.E.) is based on Michael Wise's extensive study of 145 Hebrew,
Aramaic, Greek, and Nabataean contracts and letters preserved among
the Bar Kokhba texts, a valuable cache of ancient Middle Eastern
artifacts. His investigation of Judean documentary and epistolary
culture derives for the first time numerical data concerning
literacy rates, language choices, and writing fluency during the
two-century span between Pompey's conquest and Hadrian's rule. He
explores questions of who could read in these ancient times of
Jesus and Hillel, what they read, and how language worked in this
complex multi-tongued milieu. Included also is an analysis of the
ways these documents were written and the interplay among authors,
secretaries, and scribes. Additional analysis provides readers with
a detailed picture of the people, families, and lives behind the
texts.
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