Beyond Babel

A Handbook for Biblical Hebrew and Related Languages
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-04-12699-2
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 242 Seiten, Gewicht: 595 g

Reihe: SBL - Resources for Biblical Study

This book provides an introduction to the languages that are important for the study of the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel. It contains articles on Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Egyptian, Biblical and Epigraphic Hebrew, Post-biblical Hebrew, Hittite, Phoenician, the Northwest Semitic dialects (Ammonite, Edomite, and Moabite), and Ugaritic. The contributors are Peggy L. Day, Frederick E. Greenspahn, Jo Ann Hackett, Harry A. Hoffner, Jr., John Kaltner, Charles R. Krahmalkov, Baruch A. Levine, David Marcus, Simon B. Parker, and Donald B. Redford. A general introduction by John Huehnergard discusses the importance of the study of Near Eastern languages for biblical scholarship, helping to make the volume an ideal resource for persons beginning an in-depth study of the Hebrew Bible.

Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kaltner, John

McKenzie, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literatur des Nahen Ostens & Nordafrikas
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha

Über Autor(innen)

John Kaltner, Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible (1993), Drew University, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.
Steven L McKenzie, Th.D. (1983), Harvard University, is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Rhodes College.