Margins of Writing, Origins of Cultures
New Approaches to Writing and Reading in the Ancient Near East. Papers from a Symposium held February 25-26, 2005
Seth Sanders author Sarite Sanders editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Published:10th Mar '06
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Who invented national literature? What is the relationship between script, identity, and history? Recorded history began in the ancient Near East, but we are just beginning to explore the powerful creative relationship between writing and the political identities of the Near East's cultures. This symposium was the first to bring leading philologists together with anthropologists and historians to connect theories of writing, language, and identity with the latest results of ancient Near Eastern scholarship.
This extremely welcome volume explores a variety of relationships among language, writing and society in the ancient Near East. -- Gocha R. Tsetskhladze Ancient West & East 2007
ISBN: 9781885923394
Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 18mm
Weight: 680g
318 pages