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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824027003321

Titolo

Writing and ancient Near Eastern society [[electronic resource] ] : papers in honour of Alan R. Millard / / edited by Piotr Bienkowski, Christopher Mee, and Elizabeth Slater

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : T & T Clark, c2005

ISBN

1-281-80313-8

9786611803131

0-567-23612-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; ; 426

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Altri autori (Persone)

BienkowskiPiotr

MeeC (Christopher)

MillardA. R (Alan Ralph)

SlaterE. A

Disciplina

411/.09

Soggetti

Writing - History

Middle East Civilization To 622

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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



Sommario/riassunto

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.