Torah on the Heart: Literary Jewish Textuality Within Its Ancient Near Eastern Context

David M. Carr

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Biblical Studies and Interpretation Classical Studies and Philology Ancient Near East History

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This essay examines evidence for the interplay of memory recall and written technology in ancient Israel and surrounding cultures. The essay begins with a summary of the comparative evidence for writing-supported textual transmission in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Israel (based on the ’s _Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature_ [2005]). This is followed by a survey of studies in the humanities and social sciences on how memory shifts affect textual transmission. The article concludes with a preliminary summary of the author’s research on memory shifts and other trends in documented cases of transmission history.

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1931The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus 2003The Babylonian Gilgamesh epic : introduction, critical edition and cuneiform texts 1989The Hidden Musicians: Music-Making in an English Town 1990Literacy and Orality: Studies in the Technology of Communication.1995Memory in oral traditions: the cognitive psychology of epic, ballads, and counting-out rhymes 1930Studies in the Epic Technique of Oral Verse-Making. I. Homer and Homeric Style 2005Writing on the Tablet of the Heart 2004Scribal Practices and Approaches Reflected in the Texts Found in the Judean Desert

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