History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Oral World and Written Word: Ancient Israelite Literature (Library of Ancient Israel)

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Oral World and Written Word: Ancient Israelite Literature (Library of Ancient Israel)
Susan Niditch
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Readable, Challenging, Remarkable.......2002-06-29

I started Ms. Niditch's "Oral World and Written Word" with something of an attitude after other books on the composition of the Bible had left a jargonesque, overcomplicated, underexplained taste in my brain. I was expecting more of the same. However, I was soon won over by the clarity of Nidich's thinking, the order of the presentation and the strengths of her arguments. The overall thrust of the book is to examine the nature of literacy in the very ancient world, to distinguish it from modern notions of literacy, and to consider how the interplay of oral culture and writing exhibits itself in the Bible. Perhaps the best thing I can say here is that this tiny volume is causing a major shift in my thinking. While she does not pretend to comprehensive knowledge of the process of compiling the Bible, she does raise a number of practical considerations against the Documantary Hypothesis variatons that I daresay the authors of purely literary theories have never even remotely thought of. Wherever you stand, this book is worth reading. I only wish there were more of it!

City Reading: Written Words and Public Spaces in Antebellum New York (Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives)

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City Reading: Written Words and Public Spaces in Antebellum New York (Popular Cultures, Everyday Lives)
David Henkin
Manufacturer: Columbia University Press
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ASIN: 0231107455

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-- Thorin Tritter, Columbia University, H-Net Reviews

Cultural historian David Henkin explores the influential but little-noticed role played by reading in New York City's public life between 1825 and 1865. From the opening of the Erie Canal to the end of the Civil War, New York became a metropolis, and demographic, economic, and physical changes erased the old markers of continuity and order. As New York became a crowded city of strangers, everyday encounters with impersonal signs, papers, and bank notes altered people's perceptions of connectedness to the new world they lived in. The 'ubiquitous urban texts'--from newspapers to paper money, from street signs to handbills--became both indispensable urban guides and apt symbols for a new kind of public life that emerged first in New York. City Reading focuses on four principal categories of public reading: street signs and store signs; handbills and trade cards; newspapers; and paper money. Drawing on a wealth of visual sources and written texts that document the changing cityscape--including novels, diaries, newspapers, municipal guides, and government records--Henkin shows that public acts of reading (to a much greater extent than private, solitary reading) determined how New Yorkers of all backgrounds came to define themselves and their urban community.

On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word

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On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word
Simon Frith
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Did you know that Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote an essay on the Top 40? Simon Frith and Andrew Goodwin, both writers and teachers of popular music, have compiled the first comprehensive survey of critical approaches to pop music. Usefully divided by general theoretical category, i On Record serves as a guide to the growing sophistication and shifting emphases in the field. There are classic sociological analyses of "deviance" and rebellion; studies of technology; subcultural and feminist readings, semiotic and musicological essays, and close /i i readings of stars, bands, and the fans themselves. Each section opens with a clear and concise introduction that places the essays in their proper context and explains the editors' choices. /i

Wendell Minor: Art for the Written Word : Twenty-Five Years of Book Cover Art

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Spectacular collection of award-winning cover art
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Wendell Minor: Art for the Written Word : Twenty-Five Years of Book Cover Art
Wendell Minor , Florence Friedmann Minor , and David G. McCullough
Manufacturer: Harcourt
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This one-of-a-kind retrospective brings together a rich selection of pieces from Wendell Minor's extraordinary body of jacket art, with lively commentary from authors and others on the relationship between a book's cover and what's inside. Introduction by David McCullough; illustrated index.

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Spectacular collection of award-winning cover art.......2002-03-03

I first fell in love with the art of Wendell Minor while I was reading books by the children's nature writer Jean Craighead George. Spectacular watercolor art added a new dimension to Ms. George's stories about the Arctic (like ARCTIC SON and SNOW BEAR), the Everglades (EVERGLADES), great horned owls (THE MOON OF THE OWLS), and wildlife throughout the country (MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT). In each new book that I read, the colors were rich and the illustrations accurately portrayed the worlds which the author was describing. Then, as I came to recognize Minor's distinct, one-of-a-kind type of art, his work suddenly began to show up everywhere, in innumberable picture books and emblazoned on book covers. Now many of the book jackets in the bookstores and libraries don't seem as if they're scattered around in disorginization, out of view because the spines are facing outward on the shelves, or hard to find because the book might have gone out-of-print. That's because, to my relief and delight, there's a whole book of Wendell Minor's book jackets that have been compiled over the past twenty-five years. ART FOR THE WRITTEN WORD contains more than 100 of Minor's astounding watercolor, acrylic, and oil paintings. His distinguished work has appeared on a wide range of novels--fiction, nonfiction, biographies, thrillers, humor, cookbooks, natural history--many of them well-known stories by some bestselling authors. The artwork is reproduced in full-color on the oversized pages. There are pictures of famous people, houses, landscapes, wildlife, midwestern farms, towns, cities, wide open skies, automobiles, and scenes from the stories behind the covers. All of them are carefully rendered, detailed and thoughtful. You can look at a painting many times and each time notice something new. Along with the gallery of artwork, there's plenty of commentary from the people who wrote the stories that lie between the covers. Most of the authors' comments are filled with admiration and gratitude that the literature they spent so much time creating wasn't marred by an ugly or false jacket illustration. Some of the authors whose book covers are featured include David McCullough (who writes an excellent introduction), Ray Bradbury, Harper Lee, Garrison Keillor, Sherman Alexie, Mildred D. Taylor, Eve Bunting, Mary Higgins Clark, Pat Conroy, Toni Morrison, Patricia MacLachlan, Martin Cruz Smith, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, and countless others. They all basically agree that they were proud and thankful that Wendell Minor did the covers for their books; he read the stories and researched his topics before making the illustrations and contributed to the success of their books. Many of them have added his jacket art to their private collections, sworn never to discard a Wendell Minor book jacket, and shown off their "most prized possessions" to friends and family. Some comments are just gushing with elation, like two letters, placed 17 years apart, from John Jerome, who was obviously delighted that Minor so accurately depicted the blue pick-up truck for his book TRUCK. Garrison Keillor lends his kind of "Prairie Home Companion" lightness to his story of the covers for his books WE ARE STILL MARRIED and WLT: A RADIO ROMANCE. Some illustrations--like the ones for Nancy Price's SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY and C.J. Koch's THE DOUBLEMAN--seem to have almost subliminal meanings. WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN? and Brooks Stanwood's THE SEVENTH CHILD are quite frightening, while W.P. Kinsella's THE DIXON CORNBELT LEAGUE and Bill Bryson's THE LOST CONTINENT are breezy and pleasant. The varieties are endless; for example, the illustration for Timothy Findley's HEADHUNTER is completely different from Jim Shepard's PAPER DOLL. But, in my opinion, the illustrations that really stand out are the landscapes, which Minor always embraces in his picture books and in the book covers for Laura Kalpakian's THESE LATTER DAYS, THE PRINCE OF TIDES, and countless others. You can tell just by looking at any one of his big skies, rolling ocean, or blue mountain pictures that Wendell Minor is someone who has a passion for America's great lands, from Alaska to Florida. In each painting you feel like you're there, either watching a mockingbird fly from a tree, as a sliver of moon rises, like you're hearing the cicadas buzzing on a hot southern night, as in Harper Lee's classic TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Or you're racing through the woods on a snowy winter night with a red fox, as in Eve Bunting's children's book RED FOX RUNNING. And if you're not there, you'll certainly want to be. It's a wonderful feeling to look at a painting like that that is so real, so familiar, so close. In the end, the only wrong thing I can see in this book is that there is not another one like it; there are dozens of book covers that weren't included in this collection, and there are still more coming out every month it seems! Still, as I've said earlier, part of the excitement of seeing a Wendell Minor cover is the surprise and the immediate recognization of his unique style when you're browsing through a bookstore or a library. It is my hope that someday I might write a book with a Wendell Minor cover to enliven its face.

Spectacular collection of award-winning cover art.......2002-03-03

Paradigms Lost: The Life and Deaths of the Printed Word

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Paradigms Lost: The Life and Deaths of the Printed Word
William Sonn
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Where Marshall McLuhan Left Off McLuhan McLuhan.......2006-08-05

Mr. Sonn's look at the world of information transmission picks up where McLuhan left off with books like Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. The big difference is Sonn knows how to write.

If you are interested in how mass media got started and where it has been going the last 500-plus years (and where it is currently headed), you will do well to read this book. It is written in a delightfully easy-going style and is interesting all the way through, even when the subject is something relatively dry (like labor strive in the newspaper business).

Very highly recommended. Will be looking for his next book with great interest.

The Shock of Recognition.......2006-06-14

Saw some of the reviews for this book and thought I'd throw in my two cents.

I was immensely impressed with William Sonn's well researched and written book. There is no academic dryness or gobbledegook at all. The story of man's way out of darkness and into the light is inspiring. And there is never a dull moment. There is a sort of future shock quality to the book, but one does not feel overwhelmed or threatened, as I have been with similar narratives -- which are usually written by professors who don't know how to communicate complex ideas to the lay reader. Sonn cares about people and his subject and that care comes through on every page. The comprehensive nature of the book is really awesome. I found the notes (neatly tacked to the end of each chapter) illuminating and food for further thought and reading on this fascinating subject.

He turns out interesting sentences. Referring to the changes brought about by the introduction of printing, Sonn writes, "So it was that in the last half of the fifteenth century an abrupt new communications tool lobbed scores of ideas into unfamiliar environments. Human memory seemed to expand." Bringing in one famous critic of the church's pretense to virtue, he says, "In the 1490s, a mordantly funny Dutch hypochondriac named Erasmus slowly gained a reputation among a tiny circle of priests and academics as an agile writer, thorough scholar, sharp thinker, and skilled puncturer of hypocrisy."

Paradigms Lost tells the story of how ordinary people of the past never had a chance to learn or become educated until the cost of obtaining information was drastically reduced. Each time some new method of writing or transmission came along, the people benefited, although the bigshots in this world didn't like it. The church, the king, the state or simply the powers that be tried like heck to hold back the advance of civilization. But as knowledge became cheaper and democratic, we all came out ahead.

My one complaint would be that I wish there was a more extensive index. I keep looking things up to go over them again, and a more elaborate index would speed up searching.

A highly accomplished book that is highly recommended.

An Instant Classic.......2006-06-12

William Sonn's Paradigms Lost has all of the earmarks of a classic work. This book is profound, enormously instructive, exciting and just a hell of a lot of fun. Written in a crystal clear and contemporary mode, it explains where we came from and where we're going -- from the weak light of isolated and primitive societies to the powerful and collective forces of the world wide web. It is a swiftly paced read that will interest anyone with a taste for history, popular culture or the growth of educated man.

The author begins modestly enough, but then quickly proceeds to unroll an intellectual and stylistic masterpiece of mind-expanding (not to say numbing) scope. It is the kind of book that makes you feel smart and with-it, ahead of the pack. Get hold of it, turn off the TV, and read. You will be well rewarded.

Sonn works with the whole concept of how words and pictures (and thus, knowledge) have been produced, developed and transmitted throughout history. But he goes much further. The book focuses its penetrating lens on a hefty though simple premise: whenever there is a technological change in how we write down, or preserve, or pass on information it is accompanied by upheavals in institutions, governments, wars, industries, religions and civilization as a whole. Sonn shows with extensive documentation how these advances cause a shift in our center of gravity and how the momentum of progress is accelerated. In a way, it is about the heroic rise of man's mental life. Paradigms Lost is a unified field theory of brain power and cerebral propulsion.

Sonn elucidates how knowledge/information was originally in the hands of the world's elite, locking out everyone else from knowing things, keeping them ignorant and in their place. The average person's 'thinking' was confined to a little box of local customs, habits, prejudices and superstitions. Learning was expensive and beyond the means of nearly everyone. Acquiring knowledge was even outright dangerous. But as alphabets, writing and then printing came into being (Sonn tells that epoch-making story with freshness and originality) the cost of knowledge fell sharply and the whole world could wise up faster and more broadly. This changed everything, as the age of computers and extended media continues to do today.

No doubt some nit-pickers will seize upon a few of the book's missteps (Sonn is apparently human). One learned reviewer on this site cites a few of these editorial misfirings. But to dismiss this important book because of them is akin to saying that Columbus did not really discover the New World (since he made frequent gaffs in celestial navigation) but simply bumped into it. Columbus's audacious undertakings paid off handsomely despite any errors along the way; so has Mr. Sonn's efforts.

Sharp folks be warned: you ignore this book at your own peril.

Entertaining and insightful.......2006-05-05

I loved this book! Who knew tht a book about how communication shapes society would make you laugh out loud? But it's more than just entertaining. It's also insightful. I learned a lot.

Surprise inside.......2006-05-05

I was so surprised by this book. It traces the history of the printed word and how society has been deeply affected each time the method of print delivery has changed. It reminded me of Tom Friedman's The World is Flat, in that it made me view things in a new way. It is so readable, and funny, that I wish Sonn would write more history - maybe textbooks for my kids. I'll admit that there were times where I skimmmed a bit, but I found myself even reading footnotes, something I never do.

Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950

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Self-Portrait in Words: Collected Writings and Statements, 1903-1950
Max Beckmann
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German expressionist painter Max Beckmann, whose paintings were influenced by horrific scenes he witnessed as a medical orderly in World War I, was eventually labeled a "degenerate artist" by the Nazis and forced to flee his homeland. In this collection of essays, speeches, and letters, Beckmann emerges as a deeply intelligent and sensitive observer of the world. Of particular note are writings from the battlefields of 1915, and some of his instructional comments to students from his time spent teaching in the United States in the late 1940s.

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One of the most important German artists of the twentieth century, Max Beckmann is known for the depth and sensuous force of his works, but little is known about his personal life. Self-Portrait in Words reveals Beckmann's experience of life from the first years of his career in Berlin and Paris through his final years in the United States. This collection of Beckmann's writings serves as a companion to his art and a testament to the complexities of his life.

"Barbara Copeland Buenger . . . has done an excellent job of editing and annotating Beckmann's voluminous private and public writings."—Andrea Barnet, New York Times Book Review

The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East

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The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East

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ASIN: 079142474X

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The Book in the Islamic World brings together serious studies on the book as an intellectual entity and as a vehicle of cultural development. Written by a group of distinguished scholars, it examines and reflects upon this unique tool of communication not as a physical artifact but as a manifestation of the aspirations, values, and wisdom of Arabs and Muslims in general.

The Islamic system of book production differed from that of the West. This volume shows the peculiarities of book making and the intellectual principles that governed a book's inner structure, mysteries, and impact on culture. Investigated and explained are the issues involved in printing; the compilation of the Koran, the most important book in Islam; attitudes toward books; the oral versus the written tradition; metaphors of the book in literature; biographical dictionaries, an important genre of Islamic books; the grammatical tradition; women's contribution to calligraphy; scientific manuscripts; the transition from scribal to print culture; publishing in the modern Arab World; and the new electronic media, a non-book vehicle of communication, and its impact on education.

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The Carolingians and the Written Word
Rosamond McKitterick
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First Crusade: The Chronicle of Fulcher of Chartres and Other Source Materials (Middle Ages Series)

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This pioneering book studies the function and status of the written word in Carolingian society in France and Germany in the eighth and ninth centuries. It demonstrates that literacy was by no means confined to a clerical élite, but was dispersed in lay society and used for government and administration, as well as for ordinary legal transactions among the peoples of the Frankish kingdom. While employing a huge range of primary material, the author does not confine herself to a functional analysis of the written word in Carolingian northern Europe but goes on to assess the consequences and implications of literacy for the Franks themselves and for the subsequent development of European society after 1000.

Beyond the Written Word: Oral Aspects of Scripture in the History of Religion

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Beyond the Written Word: Oral Aspects of Scripture in the History of Religion
William Albert Graham
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The concept of "scripture" as written religious text is reexamined in this close analysis of the traditions of oral use of the sacred writings of religions around the world. Pointing out the central importance of the oral and aural experience of religious texts in the life of religious communities of both Eastern and Western cultures, William Graham asserts the need for a new perspective on how scripture has been appropriated and used by the vast majority of all people who have been religious, most of whom could neither read nor write.

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