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 Gzella, Holger -- Gzella, Holger -- Millard, Alan -- Gianto, Agustinus -- Gzella, Holger -- Gzella, Holger -- Beyer, Klaus -- Folmer, Margaretha -- Hasselbach, Rebecca -- Vaan, Michiel de / Lubotsky, Alexander -- Willi, Andreas --
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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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9781934078631
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Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the New Testament. Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament. Middle Eastern philology. Semitic philology. Alphabet. Altorient. Ancient Near East. Hebrew Bible. Hebräische Bibel. Indo-European Languages. Indoeuropäische Sprachen. Semitic Languages. Semitische Sprachen. Buchstabenschrift Orientalische Sprachen RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Language Study.