| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 717 pages) |
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Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, 0083-5889 ; Volume 165 |
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Supplements to Vetus Testamentum ; Volume 165.
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| Contents |
880-01 Editors' Preface; Original Places of Publication of the Essays; Introduction: The Contribution of John Emerton to Hebrew and Biblical Studies; Chapter 1 Comparative Semitic Philology and Hebrew Lexicography; Chapter 2 The Hebrew Language; Hebrew Lexicography and Grammar; Chapter 3 The Root 'asah and Some Uses of 'esah and mo'esah in Hebrew; Chapter 4 The Etymology of hištahawāh; Chapter 5 Sheol and the Sons of Belial; Chapter 6 A Further Consideration of D.W. Thomas's Theories about yāda'; Chapter 7 Are There Examples of Enclitic mem in the Hebrew Bible? |
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880-01/(S Chapter 35 The Priestly Writer in GenesisChapter 36 Some Problems in Genesis xiv; Chapter 37 The Historical Background of Isaiah 1:4-9; Chapter 38 The Date of the Yahwist; Chapter 39 A Questionable Theory of Egyptian Influence on a Genre of Hebrew Literature; New Testament and Early Christianity; Chapter 40 The Aramaic Underlying το αιμα μου της διαθηκης in Mk. XIV. 24; Chapter 41 The Hundred and Fifty-Three Fishes in John xxi. 11; Chapter 42 ΤΟ ΑΙΜΑ ΜΟΥ ΤΗΣ ΔΙΑΘΗΚΗΣ: The Evidence of the Syriac Versions; Chapter 43 A Further Consideration of the Purpose of the Second Column of the Hexapla |
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Chapter 8 Was There an Epicene Pronoun hū' in Early Hebrew?Chapter 9 Treading the Bow; Textual Notes on the Old Testament; Chapter 10 Some Difficult Words in Genesis 49; Chapter 11 The Syntactical Problem of Psalm xlv. 7; Chapter 12 Notes on Two Verses in Isaiah (26 16 and 66 17); Chapter 13 Notes on Some Problems in Jeremiah v 26; Chapter 14 The Translation and Interpretation of Isaiah vi. 13; Chapter 15 How Does the Lord Regard the Death of His Saints in Psalm cxvi. 15?; Chapter 16 Some Comments on the Shibboleth Incident (Judges xii 6) |
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Chapter 17 The Meaning of the Verb hạ̄mas in Jeremiah 13,22Chapter 18 The Translation of Isaiah 5,1; Chapter 19 Lice or a Veil in the Song of Songs 1.7?; Chapter 20 The "Mountain of God" in Psalm 68:16; Chapter 21 When Did Terah Die (Genesis 11:32)?; Chapter 22 A Phrase in a Phoenician Papyrus and a Problem in Isaiah 5.14; Chapter 23 Some Problems in Psalm 88:16; Chapter 24 A Problem in Proverbs 3:35; Hebrew and North-West Semitic Epigraphy; Chapter 25 The Meaning of the Root "MZL" in Ugaritic; Chapter 26 Leviathan and ltn: The Vocalization of the Ugaritic Word for the Dragon |
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Chapter 27 New Light on Israelite Religion: The Implications of the Inscriptions from Kuntillet 'AjrudChapter 28 Some Notes on the Ugaritic Counterpart of the Arabic ghain; Chapter 29 The Meaning of the Ammonite Inscription from Tell Siran; Chapter 30 "Yahweh and His Asherah": The Goddess or Her Symbol?; Old Testament Issues; Chapter 31 The Origin of the Son of Man Imagery; Chapter 32 Unclean Birds and the Origin of the Peshitta; Chapter 33 Judah and Tamar; Chapter 34 The Origin of the Promises to the Patriarchs in the Older Sources of the Book of Genesis |
| Summary |
The essays reprinted in this volume capture the main contributions to international Hebrew and biblical scholarship by one of the leading scholars of his time. Their profound learning and rigorous argument offer an example of scholarly writing at its best |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Bible. Old Testament -- Language, style
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
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Hebrew language -- Grammar
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Arabic.
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Language and languages -- Style
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Hebrew language -- Grammar
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Davies, Graham (Professor), editor
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Gordon, Robert (Professor), editor
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| ISBN |
9789004283411 |
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9004283412 |
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9004283404 |
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9789004283404 |
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