The subfield of orality and scribal culture within Hebrew Bible studies is leading to gradual shifts in the field. The theoretical and empirical essays in this volume contribute to the ongoing conversation within biblical and cognate studies concerning the scribal processes that produced biblical texts.

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Born 1971; 1998 MA in Theological Studies; 2002 Dr. theol. in Old Testament; 2007 MDiv; currently Professor of Biblical Studies and Director of the Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture at International Christian University, Japan. Born 1984; 2009 MS in Biblical Studies; 2012 MTh, 2014 PhD in Old Testament; since 2014 Research Associate, Universiteit van Stellenbosch; currently Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at LCC International University, Klaip da, Lithuania.

Inhalt
Johannes Unsok Ro and Benjamin D. Giffone: Introduction
Part I: Comparative Studies
Daniel Bodi: A New Proposal for the Origin of the Term for 'Letter': Sumerian inim.gar, i5-gar-ra; Akkadian egirtu; Aramaic iggrâ, iggartâ, Hebrew iggeret William R. Stewart: The Death of the Prophet? A Comparative Study of Prophetic Signs in the Royal Archives of Mari, Syria (ARM 26/1.206) and the Hebrew Bible (Jeremiah 19:1-13) JiSeong James Kwon: Scribal Intertexts in the Book of Job: Foreign Counterparts of Job Sungwoo Park/Johannes Unsok Ro: Collective Identity through Scribalism: Interpreting Plato's Menexenus and the Book of Chronicles

Part II: Writing about Writing in the Hebrew Bible
Benjamin Kilchör: "Then Moses Wrote This Torah (Deut 31:9): The Relationship of Oral and Written Torah in Deuteronomy Lisbeth S. Fried/Edward J. Mills III: Ezra the Scribe Johanna Erzberger: Israel's Salvation and the Survival of Baruch the Scribe Peter Altmann: Tracing Divine Law: Written Divine Law in Chronicles

Part III: Case Studies
Jin H. Han: Did the Deuteronomist Detest Dreams? Benjamin D. Giffone: Regathering Too Many Stones? Scribal Constraints, Community Memory, and the 'Problem' of Elijah's Sacrifice for Deuteronomism in Kings Woo Min Lee: The "Remnant in the Deuteronomistic Cultural Memory: A Case Study on 2 Kings 19:30-31 Roger S. Nam: Nehemiah 5:1-13 as Innerbiblical Interpretation of Pentateuchal Slavery Laws Kristin Weingart: Chronography in the Book of Kings: An Inquiry into an Israelite Manifestation of an Ancient Near Eastern Genre Benjamin Ziemer: Radical Versus Conservative? How Scribes Conventionally Used Books While Writing Books