Download or read book Scribes and Schools in Monarchic Judah written by David W. Jamieson-Drake and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1991-03-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of the existence and nature of scribal institutions in ancient Israel has up to now been debated primarily on literary grounds. In placing the question of scribes and schools in a socio-archaeological context, as the present study does, this problem is reformulated. The focus shifts from the question of the prevalence of literary skills to the broader question of the function of those skills within ancient society.