Mark Leuchter is director of Jewish studies and professor of religion at Temple University, USA.

• Series Editor Preface – Francesca Stavrakopoulou, University of Exeter, UKPrefaceAbbreviations1. Introduction: The Scholarly Context for the Study of Scribes and Scribalism – Mark Leuchter, Temple University, USAPart I: Praxis and Materiality2. Influential Inscriptions: Resituating Scribal Activity During the Iron I-IIA Transition -- Sarah Malena, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, USA3. The Media and Materiality of Southern Levantine Inscriptions: Production and Reception Contexts -- Madadh Richey, University of Chicago, USA4. Scribes and Scribalism in Archaic Crete -- Anselm Hagedorn, University of Osnabrück, GermanyPart II: Power and Status5. Scribes, Schools, and Ideological Conflict in Ancient Israel and Judah -- Brian Rainey, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA6. Ecclesiastes and the Problem of Transmission in Biblical Literature -- Jacqueline Vayntrub, Yale Divinity School, USA7. Textualization and the Transformation of Biblical Prophecy -- Heath D. Dewrell, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA8. Reorientation in Responsibility of Levites Taking care for the Ark: The Levites’ Role in Samuel—Kings in Relation to Deuteronomistic Expressions Concerning Interpretation of the Law -- Antje Labahn, Wuppertal Hochschule, GermanyPart III: Between Ideology and Authority9. Writing in Three Dimensions: Scribal Activity and Spaces in Jewish Antiquity -- Laura Carlson Hasler, Indiana University, USA10. Rejecting 'Patriarchy': Reflections on Feminism, Biblical Scholarship, and Social Perspective -- Shawna Dolansky, Carleton University, CanadaBibliographyIndexes

[E]ach of these essays contributes important insights on the ways that ancient scribes created their identity through the practice of their art.