Writing on the tablet of the heart : origins of scripture and literature / David M. Carr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr, David McLain, 1961- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Social scientific criticism.

Literature and society--Mediterranean Region.

Literature and society.

Literature, Ancient--History and criticism.

Literature, Ancient.

Socialization--Mediterranean Region--History--To 1500.

Socialization.

Local Subjects:

Bible. Old Testament--Social scientific criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores a new model for the production, revision, and reception of Biblical texts as Scripture. David Carr argues that in ancient Israel, Biblical texts and other texts emerged as a support for an educational process in which written and oral dimensions were integrally intertwined.

Contents:

Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1. Textuality, Orality, and the Shaping of the Ancient Mind; 2. Ancient Mesopotamia: The Earliest and Best-Documented Textual/Educational System; 3. The Influence of Mesopotamia; 4. Egyptian Education and Textuality; 5. Alphabetically Based Textuality and Education in Ancient Greece; 6. Textuality and Education in Ancient Israel; 7. Education and Textuality in the Hellenistic World: Egypt and Other Examples of Hellenistic Hybridity; 8. Temple- and Priest-Centered Textuality and Education in Hellenistic Judaism

9. Qumran as a Window into Early Jewish Education and Textuality10. Synagogue, Sabbath, and Scripture: New Forms of Hellenistic Jewish Textuality and Education Beyond the Temple; 11. The Origins of Scripture as a Hellenistic-Style Anti-Hellenistic Curriculum; 12. Concluding Reflections on the Hellenistic Shaping of Jewish Scripture: From Temple to Synagogue and Church; 13. Conclusion; Appendix: The Relation of This Study to Earlier Research; Select Bibliography; Index of Citations of Primary Text; Index of Select Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; W

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Bibliography: pages 307-317. - Includes index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774202-5

0-19-988387-4

1-280-70439-X

0-19-534669-6

1-4237-2089-X

OCLC:

191924312