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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816667203321
• Autore: Carr David McLain <1961->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• ISBN: 0-19-774202-5; 0-19-988387-4; 1-280-70439-X; 0-19-534669-6; 1-4237-2089-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Disciplina: 221.6/6
• Soggetti: Literature and society - Mediterranean Region; Literature, Ancient - History and criticism; Socialization - Mediterranean Region - History - To 1500
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Formerly CIP.; Previously issued in print: 2005.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-317) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.