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How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualization of Ancient Israel

William M. Schniedewind

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Description:How the Bible Became a Book combines recent archaeological discoveries in the Middle East with insights culled from the history of writing to address how the Bible was written and evolved into sacred Scripture. Written for general readers as well as scholars, the book provides rich insight into how these texts came to possess the authority of Scripture and explores why Ancient Israel, an oral culture, began to write literature. It describes an emerging literate society in ancient Israel that challenges the assertion that literacy first arose in Greece during the fifth century BCE. Hb ISBN (2004) 0-521-82946-1We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualization of Ancient Israel. To get started finding How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualization of Ancient Israel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: How the Bible Became a Book combines recent archaeological discoveries in the Middle East with insights culled from the history of writing to address how the Bible was written and evolved into sacred Scripture. Written for general readers as well as scholars, the book provides rich insight into how these texts came to possess the authority of Scripture and explores why Ancient Israel, an oral culture, began to write literature. It describes an emerging literate society in ancient Israel that challenges the assertion that literacy first arose in Greece during the fifth century BCE. Hb ISBN (2004) 0-521-82946-1We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualization of Ancient Israel. To get started finding How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualization of Ancient Israel, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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How the Bible Became a Book: The Textualization of Ancient Israel

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