Biblical Hebrew Forum

["R. Lehmann" <lehmann AT uni-mainz.de>]

George,

maybe we have, as for instance ancient North Arabian. But is is important to see what kind of "literature" this was, dealing with sheep and goats, but not with history and religion.

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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

Am 11.04.2013 um 14:19 schrieb George Athas:

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