Envisioning Writing: Texts and Power in Early Judaism

by Donald C. Polaski

This work traces the development of Judaism as a Scriptural religion, claiming that this did not arise from discrete moments of "political" authority (e.g., Sinai, Josiah, Ezra), but was part of a complex and multifarious negotiation involving writing, literacy, orality and the socio-political power of the Persian, Greek and Roman empires.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567027023
• ISBN13: 9780567027023
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 256 Pages