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Oral World and Written Word : Ancient title: Israelite Literature Library of Ancient Israel author: Niditch, Susan. publisher: Westminster John Knox Press isbn10 | asin: 0664219462 print isbn13: 9780664219468 ebook isbn13: 9780585354750 language: English Bible as literature, Oral tradition, Folklore in the Bible, Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, subject interpretation, etc, Jews--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D. publication date: 1996 lcc: BS535.N53 1996eb ddc: 221.6/7 Bible as literature, Oral tradition, Folklore in the Bible, Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, subject: interpretation, etc, Jews--Social life and customs--To 70 A.D. Page i Oral World and Written Word Page ii Library of Ancient Israel Douglas A. Knight, General Editor Page iii Oral World and Written Word Ancient Israelite Literature Susan Niditch Page iv © 1996 Susan Niditch All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Westminster John Knox Press, 100 Witherspoon Street, Louisville, Kentucky 402021396. Scripture quotations from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible are copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. and are used by permission. All translations are the author's unless otherwise noted. Book design by Publishers' WorkGroup Cover design by Kim Wohlenhaus First edition Published by Westminster John Knox Press Louisville, Kentucky This book is printed on acid-free paper that meets the American National Standards Institute Z39.48 standard. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Niditch, Susan. Oral world and written word : ancient Israelite literature / Susan Niditch. p. cm. (Library of ancient Israel) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-664-21946-2 (alk. paper) 1. Bible as literature. 2. Oral tradition. 3. Folklore in the Bible. 4. Bible. O.T.Criticism, interpretation, etc. 5. JewsSocial life and customsTo 70 A.D. I. Title. II. Series. BS535.N53 1996 221.6'7dc20 96-21497 Page v Contents Foreword ix Preface xi Introduction 1 1. Oral Register in the Biblical Libretto: Toward a Biblical 8 Poetic Repetition 13 Formulas 14 Epithets 15 Longer Formulas 17 Quotation of a Specific Text or Traditional Referentiality 18 Patterns of Content 20 The Victory-Enthronement Pattern 21 2. Variations in the Oral Register 25 Genesis 1 25 Genesis 23 28 Ezekiel 28 33 Conclusions 38 3. New Ways of Thinking about Orality and Literacy: 39 Israelite Evidence What Is Literacy? 39 Short Texts 45 Letters 51 Monumental Evidence 54 Conclusions 58 Page vi 4. Logistics of Literacy: Archives and Libraries, 60 Education, and Writing Materials Record Keeping: Archives and Libraries 60 Education 69 Logistics of Reading and Writing 71 5. Attitudes to Writing in the Hebrew Bible: The Oral End 78 of the Continuum The Oral End of the Continuum 79 God's Writing 79 Transformations 82 Transformative and Testimonial 83 6. The Literate End of the Continuum 89 Signatures, Legal Documents 89 Letters 90 Records, Annals 91 Composition in Writing and the Writing Down of Oral 94 Compositions References to Written Torah 95 More Specific References to Details of Torah 96 Conclusions 97 7. The Interplay between Orality and Literacy: Case 99 Studies
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