Students in this seminar will study the people and communities responsible for the writing and copying of sacred literature in antiquity, with a focus on the transmission of biblical texts. Topics covered in the course include scribal education, tools or instruments, methods of copying, and (dis)similarities in practices across time, place, and religious tradition. Ancient texts now held at Duke’s Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library will form the basis of our inquiry
RELIGION 290S: Scribes & Scriptures
