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Language and Literacy in Roman Judaea

A Study of the Bar Kokhba Documents

  • Hardback
  • 544 pages
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • 16.1 x 23.9 x 3.9 cm

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This comprehensive exploration of language and literacy in the multi-lingual environment of Roman Palestine (c. 63 B.C.E. to 136 C.E.) is based on Michael Wise's extensive study of 145 Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Nabataean contracts and letters preserved among the Bar Kokhba texts, a valuable cache of ancient Middle Eastern artifacts. His investigation of Judean documentary and epistolary culture derives for the first time numerical data concerning literacy rates, language choices, and writing fluency during the two-century span between Pompey's conquest and Hadrian's rule. He explores questions of who could read in these ancient times of Jesus and Hillel, what they read, and how language worked in this complex multi-tongued milieu. Included also is an analysis of the ways these documents were written and the interplay among authors, secretaries, and scribes. Additional analysis provides readers with a detailed picture of the people, families, and lives behind the texts.
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  • Author

    Michael Owen Wise

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Yale University Press

  • Published

    June 2015

  • Weight

    863g

  • Page Count

    544

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 23.9 x 3.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780300204537

  • ISBN-10

    0300204531

  • Eden Code

    4311723

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