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In this course, the participants will deal with the languages and writings from the world of ancient Israel, with a focus on ancient Hebrew epigraphy. By means of case studies it will be made tangible what "writing" meant in biblical times, how and why something was written down. The ancient sources will be deciphered and made accessible with the tools available to us today. The ancient literacy and "writing business" will also be examined: How could literature be produced and communicated, handed down and preserved? The answers to these questions will shed new light on the authors of biblical texts (and their addressees).
Literature:
Aḥituv, Shmuel, Echoes from the Past: Hebrew and Cognate Inscriptions from the Biblical Period, Jerusalem 2008.
Carr, Daniel J., Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature, Oxford 2005.
Dobbs-Allsopp, J.J.M., et al., Hebrew Inscriptions. Texts from the Biblical Period of the Monarchy with Concordance, New Haven, 2005.
Rollston, Christopher A., Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel. Epigraphic Evidence from the Iron Age, Leiden/Boston 2010.
Jaroš, Karl, Hundert Inschriften aus Kanaan und Israel. Für den Hebräischunterricht bearbeitet, Fribourg 1982.
Knauf, E. Axel, Umwelt des Alten Testaments (Neuer Stuttgarter Kommentar - Altes Testament 29), Stuttgart 1994, 190-237.
Lemaire, André, Inscriptions hébraïques, vol. 1: Les ostraca, Paris, Cerf, 1977.
Renz, Johannes und Wolfgang Röllig (eds.), Handbuch der althebräischen Epigraphik. Darmstadt, 1995/2003.
Steymanns, Hans Ulrich & Thomas Staubli, Von den Schriften zur (Heiligen) Schrift: Keilschrift, Hieroglyphen, Alphabete und Tora, Fribourg 2012. |
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