Write That They May Read: Studies in Literacy and Textualization in the Ancient Near East and in the Hebrew Scriptures: Essays in Honour of Professor Alan R. Millard

Write That They May Read is a collection of essays written in honor of our mentor friend and fellow scholar Professor Alan R. Millard. Respectful of his contribution to our understanding of writing and literacy in the ancient biblical world all the essays deal with some aspect of this issue ranging in scope from archeological artifacts that need to be read to early evidence of writing in Israels world to the significance of reading and writing in the Bible including Gods own literacy to the production of books in the ancient world and the significance of metaphorical branding of Gods people with his name. The contributors are distributed among Professor Millards peers and colleagues in a variety of institutions his own students and students of his students. They represent a variety of disciplines including biblical archeology Egyptology Assyriology Hebrew and other Northwest Semitic texts and the literature of the Bible and reside in North America Japan the United Kingdom Denmark and Germany. Write That They May Read contains contributions by: Section 1: Artifacts and Minimalist Literacy 1. See That You May Understand: Artifact Literacy--The Twin-cup Libation Vessels from Khirbet Qeiyafa Gerald Klingbeil Research Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Andrews University Martin Klingbeil Professor of Biblical Studies and Archaeology and Associate Director Institute of Archaeology Southern Adventist University 2. Ketiv-Qere: The Writing and Reading of EA 256 and Its Place in Reflecting the Realia of Power and Polity in the LBA-IA Golan and Peripheries Timothy M. Crow Senior Lecturer in History University of Akron; Professional Fellow Old Testament Ashland Theological Seminary 3. Another Inscribed Arrowhead in the British Museum Terrence C. Mitchell†. Former Keeper of Western Asiatic Antiquities The British Museum London England 4. Earliest Literary Allusions to Homer and the Pentateuch from Ischia in Italy and Jerusalem Paul J. N. Lawrence Translation Consultant Summer Institute of Linguistics International 5. The Etymology of Hebrew lōg and the Identity of Shavsha the Scribe Yoshiyuki Muchiki Professor of Biblical Theology Japan Bible Seminary Tokyo Section 2: Artifacts and Official Literacy 6. The Writing/Reading of the Stone Tablet Covenant in the Light of the Writing/Reading/Hearing of the Silver Tablet Treaty Gordon Johnston Professor of Old Testament Dallas Theological Seminary 7. For Whose Eyes? The Divine Origins and Function of the Two Tablets of the Israelite Covenant Daniel I. Block Gunther H. Knoedler Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Wheaton College 8. Write That They May Judge? Applying Written Law in Biblical Israel Jonathan Burnside Professor of Biblical Law Law School University of Bristol. 9. And Samuel Wrote in the Book (1 Samuel 10:25) and His Apology in First Samuel 1-15 Wolfgang Ertl Dozent am Bibelseminar Bonn Bornheim/Germany; Associate Professor of Old Testament Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 10. For the one who will read it aloud will be able to run with it (Habakkuk 2:2c) David Toshio Tsumura Professor of Old Testament Japan Bible Seminar Section 3: The Rise of Literary Literacy 11. The History and Pre-History of the Hebrew Language in the West Semitic Literary Tradition Richard E. Averbeck Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages Trinity Evangelical Divinity School 12. Divine Action in the Hebrew Bible: Borrowing from Ancient Near Eastern Cultures and Inspiration C. John Collins Professor of Old Testament Covenant Theological Seminary 13. Encoding and Decoding Culture Jens Bruun Kofoed Professor of Old Testament Fjellhaug International University College 14. No Books No Authors: Literary Production in a Hearing-Dominant Culture John H. Walton Professor of Old Testament Wheaton College 15. The Discovery of the Book of the Law in 2 Kings 22:8-10 in the Light of the Literary Renaissance of the Eighth to Seventh Centuries in the Ancient Near East James K. Hoffmeier Emeritus Professor of Old Testament and Near Eastern Archaeology Trinity Evangelical Divinity School 16. Read This Torah (Deuteronomy 31:11): The Importance and Function of Israels Primary Scripture in Early Spiritual Growth David C. Deuel Academic Dean Emeritus The Masters Academy International 17. What is a Messianic Text? The Uruk Prophecy and the Old Testament Ernest C. Lucas Vice-Principal Emeritus Bristol Baptist College UK 18. Joshua 24 and Psalm 81 as Intertexts Cheryl Eaton PhD Candidate Trinity College Bristol 19. Much Study is a Weariness of the Flesh: To Read or not to Read in Ecclesiastes 12:11-12 Knut Heim Professor of Old Testament Denver Seminary Section 4: Metaphorical Literacy 20. Belonging to YHWH: Real and Imagined Inscribed Seals in Biblical Tradition Carmen Joy Imes Associate Professor of Old Testament Prairie College Three Hills Alberta 21. Reading the Eye: Optic Metaphorical Agency in Deuteronomic Law A. Rahel Wells Associate Professor of Biblical Studies Andrews University 5. Epilogue 22. Literacy and Postmodern Fallacies Richard S. Hess Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages Denver Seminary Abstract: 23. In Praise of a Venerable Scribe: A Tribute to Alan R. Millard Edwin M. Yamauchi Professor of History Emeritus Miami University Oxford Ohio [with contributions from Daniel I. Block and Paul J. N. Lawrence]