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Languages from the World of the Bible / Holger Gzella.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (274 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781934078631
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 492 23
LOC classification:
  • PJ25 .L36 2012eb
Other classification:
  • BC 1045
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface / Gzella, Holger -- On Transcription -- Abbreviations -- Introduction / Gzella, Holger -- The Alphabet / Millard, Alan -- Ugaritic / Gianto, Agustinus -- Phoenician / Gzella, Holger -- Ancient Hebrew / Gzella, Holger -- The Languages of Transjordan / Beyer, Klaus -- Old and Imperial Aramaic / Folmer, Margaretha -- Old South Arabian / Hasselbach, Rebecca -- Old Persian / Vaan, Michiel de / Lubotsky, Alexander -- Greek / Willi, Andreas -- West Semitic and Greek letterforms -- Maps -- Index
Title is part of eBook package: E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2011Title is part of eBook package: E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGES TITLES 2011Title is part of eBook package: E-BOOK PAKET ALTERTUM 2011Summary: 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).
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface / Gzella, Holger -- On Transcription -- Abbreviations -- Introduction / Gzella, Holger -- The Alphabet / Millard, Alan -- Ugaritic / Gianto, Agustinus -- Phoenician / Gzella, Holger -- Ancient Hebrew / Gzella, Holger -- The Languages of Transjordan / Beyer, Klaus -- Old and Imperial Aramaic / Folmer, Margaretha -- Old South Arabian / Hasselbach, Rebecca -- Old Persian / Vaan, Michiel de / Lubotsky, Alexander -- Greek / Willi, Andreas -- West Semitic and Greek letterforms -- Maps -- Index

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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).

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