Who really wrote the bible : the story of the scribes
William M. Schniedewind
Bok · Engelsk · 2024
| Omfang | xiii, 337 sider : illustrasjoner, kart
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| Opplysninger | "Drawing on recent archaeological and textual evidence, this book offers a new account of the origins and lives of the earliest Israelite writers of the Hebrew Bible. Whereas most biblical scholarship emphasizes the role of discrete, "heroic" individual authors, Schniedewind moves beyond this individualistic bias and argues for a new understanding of biblical writing as an essentially communal endeavour. His book explores the history of biblical scribal communities from their early days of writing on behalf of local administrations and the military, to the transformative impact of the Assyrian invasion, to the role of priestly scribes in the collection and dissemination of early versions of the Bible-and in the crucial transformation of these Judean writings into sacred literature. Along the way, he illustrates the diversity of actors involved in the composition and redaction of the Hebrew Bible and provides important context for understanding their lives: their society, what Late Bronze Age technologies and practices they drew from, their educational backgrounds and training, and more"--
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| ISBN | 9780691233178
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