Gzella Languages from the World of the Bible

2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-934078-63-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 274 Seiten

The breakthrough of the alphabetic script early in the first millennium BCE coincides with the appearance of several new languages and civilizations in ancient Syria-Palestine. Together, they form the cultural setting in which ancient Israel, the Hebrew Bible, and, transformed by Hellenism, the New Testament took shape. This book contains concise yet thorough and lucid overviews of ancient Near Eastern languages united by alphabetic writing and illuminates their interaction during the first 1000 years of their attestation. All chapters are informed by the most recent scholarship, contain fresh insights, provide numerous examples from the most pertinent sources, and share a clear historical framework that makes it easier to trace processes of contact and convergence in this highly diversified speech area. They also address non-specialists. The following topics are discussed: Alphabetic writing (A. Millard), Ugaritic (A. Gianto), Phoenician and Hebrew (H. Gzella), Transjordanian languages (K. Beyer), Old and Imperial Aramaic (M. Folmer), Epigraphic South Arabian (R. Hasselbach), Old Persian (M. de Vaan/A. Lubotsky), Greek (A. Willi).

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the cultural environment of the Hebrew Bible, Assyriologists, and ancient historians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gzella, Holger

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Biblische Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altorientalische Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;8
2;On Transcription;12
3;Abbreviations;16
4;Introduction;18
5;The Alphabet;31
6;Ugaritic;45
7;Phoenician;72
8;Ancient Hebrew;93
9;The Languages of Transjordan;128
10;Old and Imperial Aramaic;145
11;Old South Arabian;177
12;Old Persian;211
13;Greek;226
14;West Semitic and Greek letterforms;260
15;Maps;264
16;Index;268

Über Autor(innen)

Gzella, Holger
Holger Gzella, University of Leiden, Netherlands.

Holger Gzella, University of Leiden, Netherlands.