George, maybe we have, as for instance ancient North Arabian. But is is important to see what kind of "literature" this was, dealing with sheep and goats, but not with history and religion.
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ Dr. Reinhard G. Lehmann, Academic Director Research Unit on Ancient Hebrew & Epigraphy FB 01/ Faculty of Protestant Theology Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz D-55099 Mainz Germany [email protected] http://www.hebraistik.uni-mainz.de/eng 11th Mainz International Colloquium on Ancient Hebrew (MICAH) 2013: http://www.micah.hebraistik.uni-mainz.de/204.php Am 11.04.2013 um 14:19 schrieb George Athas: > Thanks for the input, Dr Lehmann. Oral tradition for nomadic cultures is, > indeed, the norm. Writing is quite extraordinary. Do we have any examples of > writing from ancient nomadic cultures? > > > GEORGE ATHAS > Dean of Research, > Moore Theological College (moore.edu.au) > Sydney, Australia > > From: "Dr. Reinhard G. Lehmann" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 11 April 2013 1:26 AM > To: B-Hebrew <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] akkadian bible? > > My goodness, > will anyone of you maybe take into consideration that early Hebrew tradition > was oral, as is normal and most efficient in nomadic societies? > > ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ > Dr. Reinhard G. Lehmann, Academic Director > Research Unit on Ancient Hebrew & Epigraphy > FB 01/ Faculty of Protestant Theology > Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz > D-55099 Mainz > Germany > [email protected] > http://www.hebraistik.uni-mainz.de/eng > 11th Mainz International Colloquium on Ancient Hebrew (MICAH) 2013: > http://www.micah.hebraistik.uni-mainz.de/204.php > >
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