Jewish Scribes in the Second-Temple Period

Journal of Biblical Literature | October 1, 2001| | Copyright

Jewish Scribes in the Second-Temple Period, by Christine Schams. JSOTSup 291. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998. Pp. 363. L55.00/$90.00.

Modern scholars have tended to overgeneralize their description of Jewish scribes in "the Second-Temple period." Broad, sweeping claims often arise amidst the most credible scholarly work, statements, however, based upon an uncritical conflation of texts of various genres and social-historical contexts. Schams seeks to correct our understanding of the Second Temple Jewish scribe. Her mode is quite simple: to survey specific Jewish textual and ...

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