The scribe in the biblical world: A bridge between scripts, languages and cultures

Esther Eshel, Michael Langlois, Aaron Demsky, Jan Dušek, André Lemaire, Paul D Mandel, Anat Mendel, Sara Milstein, Tania Notarius, William M Schniedewind, Jeffrey Stackert, Guy Stiebel, Emanuel Tov, Aren M Wilson-Wright, Stefan Jakob Wimmer

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Abstract

This book offers a fresh look at the status of the scribe in society, his training, practices, and work in the biblical world. What was the scribe's role in these societies? Were there rival scribal schools? What was their role in daily life? How many scripts and languages did they grasp? Did they master political and religious rhetoric? Did they travel or share foreign traditions, cultures, and beliefs? Were scribes redactors, or simply copyists? What was their influence on the redaction of the Bible? How did they relate to the political and religious powers of their day? Did they possess any authority themselves?. These are the questions that were tackled during an international conference held at the University of Strasbourg on June 17-19, 2019. The conference served as the basis for this publication, which includes fifteen articles covering a wide geographical and chronological range, from Late Bronze Age royal scribes to refugees in Masada at the end of the Second Temple period.

Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationBerlin; Boston
Publisherde Gruyter
Number of pages382
ISBN (Electronic)9783110984293
ISBN (Print)9783110996685, 3110984296
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Dec 2022

Publication series

NameDe Gruyter

Keywords

  • Early bronze age
  • Masada
  • Redaction criticism
  • Second temple

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Arts and Humanities

ULI publications

  • uli

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