{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Homo Extensus","provider_url":"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/en\/","author_name":"user","author_url":"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/en\/author\/user\/","title":"The historical effect of literacy - Homo Extensus","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7TIiZP3XVN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/en\/2025\/06\/12\/the-historical-effect-of-literacy\/\">The historical effect of literacy<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/homo-extensus.ai-book.it\/en\/2025\/06\/12\/the-historical-effect-of-literacy\/embed\/#?secret=7TIiZP3XVN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The historical effect of literacy&#8221; &#8212; Homo Extensus\" data-secret=\"7TIiZP3XVN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"The people of the book, the Jews, were the first to introduce not only the alphabet (in the proto-Sinaitic form) but also compulsory schooling - related to the need to read Holy Scripture and extended to women as well - as early as the time of Moses and the Judges. The Jews, even after the destruction of the temple and in the Diaspora, continued to be literate even in the dark ages when illiteracy prevailed in Europe, thanks to the transcription of the Mosaic law, the Torah, which also made it possible to preserve the Hebrew language as a living fossil. Their identity for centuries is defined not by a land, but by a book."}