Write That They May Read

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 Israel's world to the significance of reading and writing in the Bible including God's own literacy to the production of books in the ancient world and the significance of metaphorical branding of God's people with his name. The contributors are distributed among Professor Millard's 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.