Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

Thanks for the input, Dr Lehmann. Oral tradition for nomadic cultures is, indeed, the norm. Writing is quite extraordinary. Do we have any examples of writing from ancient nomadic cultures?

GEORGE ATHAS

Dean of Research,

Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au)

Sydney, Australia

From: "Dr. Reinhard G. Lehmann" <lehmann AT uni-mainz.de>
Date: Thursday, 11 April 2013 1:26 AM
To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] akkadian bible?

My goodness,

will anyone of you maybe take into consideration that early Hebrew tradition was oral, as is normal and most efficient in nomadic societies?

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Dr. Reinhard G. Lehmann, Academic Director

Research Unit on Ancient Hebrew & Epigraphy

FB 01/ Faculty of Protestant Theology

Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz

D-55099 Mainz

Germany

lehmann AT uni-mainz.de

http://www.hebraistik.uni-mainz.de/eng

11th Mainz International Colloquium on Ancient Hebrew (MICAH) 2013:

http://www.micah.hebraistik.uni-mainz.de/204.php