Who really wrote the Bible: the story of the scribes
Schniedewind draws on ancient inscriptions, archaeology, and anthropology, as well as a close reading of the biblical text itself, to trace the communal origin of biblical literature. Scribes were educated through apprenticeship rather than in schools. The prophet Isaiah, for example, has his "...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton Oxford
Princeton University Press
[2024]
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Rise of
/ Israel (Antiquity)
/ Scribe
B Old Testament / Authorship / Historical background / Biblical archaeology |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible - Canon
B Bible Canon B Bible - Authenticité B Bible Authorship B Bible History B Bible - Histoire |
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| Summary: | Schniedewind draws on ancient inscriptions, archaeology, and anthropology, as well as a close reading of the biblical text itself, to trace the communal origin of biblical literature. Scribes were educated through apprenticeship rather than in schools. The prophet Isaiah, for example, has his "disciples"; Elisha has his "apprentice." This mode of learning emphasized the need to pass along the traditions of a community of practice rather than to individuate and invent. Schniedewind shows that it is anachronistic to impose our ideas about individual authorship and authors on the writing of the Bible. Ancient Israelites didn't live in books, he writes, but along dusty highways and byways. Who Really Wrote the Bible describes how scribes and their apprentices actually worked in ancient Jerusalem and Judah |
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| ISBN: | 0691233179 |