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Writing On The Tablet Of The Heart

Origins of Scripture and Literature

  • Hardback
  • 338 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

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This book explores a new model for the production, revision, and reception of Biblical texts as Scripture. Building on recent studies of the oral/written interface in medieval, Greco-Roman and ancinet Near Eastern contexts, 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. The point was not incising and reading texts on parchment or papyrus. The point was to enculturate ancient Israelites - particularly Israelite elites - by training them to memorize and recite a wide range of traditional literature that was seen as the cultural bedorck of the people: narrative, prophecy, prayer, and wisdom.
Writing On The Tablet Of The Heart and Questioning God
Questioning GodWriting On The Tablet Of The Heart
  • Author

    David M. Carr (professor Of Old Testament/hebrew Bible, Professor Of Old Testament/hebrew Bible, Union Theological Seminary)

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    April 2005

  • Weight

    641g

  • Page Count

    338

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780195172973

  • ISBN-10

    0195172973

  • Eden Code

    1146875

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