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Writing and ancient Near Eastern society : papers in honour of Alan R. Millard / edited by Piotr Bienkowski, Christopher Mee, and Elizabeth Slater.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 426.
- T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
- Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 426
- T & T Clark library of biblical studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Writing--History.
- Writing.
- Middle East--Civilization--To 622.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : T & T Clark, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book honors the significant and enduringwork of Old Testament scholar Alan Millard. The contributors to thisfestschrift take up all of his concerns with the relationship betweenwriting, the development and Israel, and ancient Near Eastern society.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Migraines d'Épigraphiste; Taimā' and Nabonidus: It's a Small World; Dresser le bœuf à Ougarit; Literacy in an Oral Environment; Keilschrift versus Alphabetschrift: Überlegungen zu den epigraphs auf Keilschrifttafeln; The Writing on the Wall: Law in Aramaic Epigraphy; 'Misspellings' in Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit: Some Cases of Loss or Addition of Signs; Some Uses of Writing in Ancient Israel in the Light of Recently Published Inscriptions
- Now You See It, Now You Don't! The Monumental Use and Non-use of Writing in the Ancient Near EastWhat has Delphi to do with Samaria? Ambiguity and Delusion in Israelite Prophecy; Darius' Accession in (the) Media; 'Hazael, Son of a Nobody': Some Reflections in Light of Recent Study; 4Q341: An Exercise for Spelling and for Spells?; The Origins of the Inscribed Greek Stela; Only Fragments from the Past: The Role of Accident in our Knowledge of the Ancient Near East
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611803131
- 9781281803139
- 1281803138
- 9780567236128
- 0567236129
- OCLC:
- 320324874
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