Title:
Scribal culture and the making of the Hebrew Bible / Karel van der Toorn.
Bible. O.T.
Author:
Toorn, K. van der.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-392) and index.
Books that are not books: writing in the world of the Bible -- Authorship in antiquity: practice and perception -- In search of the scribes, I: comparative evidence -- In search of the scribes, II: the biblical evidence -- Making books: scribal modes of text production -- The teaching of Moses: scribal culture in the mirror of Deuteronomy -- Manufacturing the prophets: the book of Jeremiah as scribal artifact -- Inventing revelation: the scribal construct of holy writ -- Constructing the canon: the closure of the Hebrew Bible.
Publisher:
Harvard University Press,
Publication Place:
Cambridge, Mass. :
ISBN:
0674024370 (alk. paper)
9780674024373 (alk. paper)
Subject:
Deuteronomium (bijbelboek)
Jeremia (bijbelboek)
Schriftcultuur.
Oude Testament.
Culturele aspecten.
Bible. O.T. -- History.
Contents:
Books that are not books: writing in the world of the Bible -- Authorship in antiquity: practice and perception -- In search of the scribes, I: comparative evidence -- In search of the scribes, II: the biblical evidence -- Making books: scribal modes of text production -- The teaching of Moses: scribal culture in the mirror of Deuteronomy -- Manufacturing the prophets: the book of Jeremiah as scribal artifact -- Inventing revelation: the scribal construct of holy writ -- Constructing the canon: the closure of the Hebrew Bible.
Physical Description:
x, 401 p. ;
Publication Date:
2007.
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