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Title Languages from the World of the Bible / Holger Gzella
Published Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (274 pages)
Series BiblioLabs, LLC. Books
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- On Transcription -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Alphabet -- Ugaritic -- Phoenician -- Ancient Hebrew -- The Languages of Transjordan -- Old and Imperial Aramaic -- Old South Arabian -- Old Persian -- Greek -- West Semitic and Greek letterforms -- Maps -- Index
Summary The alphabetic script is part of the lasting heritage of the ancient Near East. It unites a number of newly-emerging civilizations in ancient Syria-Palestine, which together constitute the immediate background of the Hebrew Bible. Transformed by the impact of Hellenism, they also shaped the social-historical and cultural setting of the New Testament. This work presents fresh and concise yet thorough overviews of the relevant languages and their interaction. They are informed by the most recent scholarship and share a clear historical framework
Analysis history
ancient near eastern studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes In English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Mar. 30, 2016)
Subject Middle Eastern literature -- Relation to the New Testament
Middle Eastern literature -- Relation to the Old Testament.
Middle Eastern philology.
Semitic philology.
HISTORY -- General.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Arabic.
Semitic philology
Middle Eastern philology
Middle Eastern literature -- Relation to the Old Testament
Form Electronic book
Author Gzella, Holger
ISBN 9781934078631
1934078638
9781934078617
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9781614510079
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