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by: John Tait
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 932
EAN: 9781598743067
ISBN: 1598743066
Label: Left Coast Press, Inc.
Manufacturer: Left Coast Press, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: August 31, 2008
Publisher: Left Coast Press, Inc.
Sales Rank: 2829389
Studio: Left Coast Press, Inc.
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What was written down in Ancient Egypt and what was not committed to writing changed dramatically over 3000 years of dynastic history. Why were some genres of texts created and not others? John Tait uses this question as the starting point to explore the meaning of writing in ancient Egypt, through its technology, through the decisions of the scribes who wrote them, and through the expectations of readers of these texts. It explores the culture of orality, the uses made of written documents, and ancient preservation strategies for textual materials. Tait creates a set of genres of Egyptian texts to help us understand how they viewed written documents in their original cultural context.
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