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Scribal Tools in Ancient Israel - A Study of Biblical Hebrew Terms for Writing Materials and Implements (Hardcover)
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Scribal Tools in Ancient Israel - A Study of Biblical Hebrew Terms for Writing Materials and Implements (Hardcover)
Series: History, Archaeology, and Culture of the Levant
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In this book, Philip Zhakevich examines the technology of writing
as it existed in the southern Levant during the Iron Age II period,
after the alphabetic writing system had fully taken root in the
region. Using the Hebrew Bible as its corpus and focusing on a set
of Hebrew terms that designated writing surfaces and instruments,
this study synthesizes the semantic data of the Bible with the
archeological and art-historical evidence for writing in ancient
Israel. The bulk of this work comprises an in-depth lexicographical
analysis of Biblical Hebrew terms related to Israel's writing
technology. Employing comparative Semitics, lexical semantics, and
archaeology, Zhakevich provides a thorough analysis of the origins
of the relevant terms; their use in the biblical text, Ben Sira,
the Dead Sea Scrolls, and ancient Hebrew inscriptions; and their
translation in the Septuagint and other ancient versions. The final
chapter evaluates Israel's writing practices in light of those of
the ancient world, concluding that Israel's most common form of
writing (i.e., writing with ink on ostraca and papyrus) is Egyptian
in origin and was introduced into Canaan during the New Kingdom.
Comprehensive and original in its scope, Scribal Tools in Ancient
Israel is a landmark contribution to our knowledge of scribes and
scribal practices in ancient Israel. Students and scholars
interested in language and literacy in the first-millennium Levant
in particular will profit from this volume.
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