Signs of Zion -- Does "Daughter of Zion" refer to a collective or an individual? -- "Daughter (of) Zion" in recent research -- The genitive and the construct state in Semitic languages -- Semantic analysis of the construct phrases with "daughter" and/or "virgin" -- Can nomen regens in biblical Hebrew be a metaphor applied (in apposition?) to nomen rectum? -- Dear Zion
Summary
Discussions about the phrase "Daughter of Zion" have not come to rest. The present book is a study of this and similar phrases from a linguistic point of view. Genitive as a category in Semitic grammar is treated in a separate chapter, and metaphor and irony are brought into the discussion. The author proposes new understandings and translations of the phrases
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and indexes
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed September 19, 2013)
