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"Winner of the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award for Jews and the Arts: Music, Performance, and Visual, of the Association for Jewish Studies"
"Finalist for the Award for Excellence in the Historical Study of Religion, American Academy of Religion"
"This thought-provoking book takes a new approach to the graffiti found in holy sites, tombs and sometimes civic structures."---Juan P. Lewis, Journal of Religion & Society
"This thought-provoking book takes a new approach to the graffiti found in holy sites, tombs and sometimes civic structures, regarding them as words that do things rather than simply record a visit."---David Frankfurter, Journal of Roman Studies

Writing on the Wall

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    A Paperback / softback by Karen B. Stern

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 3 November 2020
      ISBN-13 9780691210704
      978-0691210704
      ISBN-10 0691210705

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      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "Winner of the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award for Jews and the Arts: Music, Performance, and Visual, of the Association for Jewish Studies"
      "Finalist for the Award for Excellence in the Historical Study of Religion, American Academy of Religion"
      "This thought-provoking book takes a new approach to the graffiti found in holy sites, tombs and sometimes civic structures."---Juan P. Lewis, Journal of Religion & Society
      "This thought-provoking book takes a new approach to the graffiti found in holy sites, tombs and sometimes civic structures, regarding them as words that do things rather than simply record a visit."---David Frankfurter, Journal of Roman Studies

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