This multivolume work is still proving to be as fundamental to Old
Testament studies as its companion set, the Kittel-Friedrich
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, has been to New
Testament studies. Beginning with 'abh ('ab), "father," and
continuing through the alphabet, the TDOT volumes present in-depth
discussions of the key Hebrew and Aramaic words in the Old
Testament. Leading scholars of various religious traditions
(including Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Greek
Orthodox, and Jewish) and from many parts of the world (Denmark,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Italy, the
Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States)
have been carefully selected for each article by editors
Botterweck, Ringgren, and Fabry and their consultants, George W.
Anderson, Henri Cazelles, David Noel Freedman, Shemaryahu Talmon,
and Gerhard Wallis. The intention of the writers is to concentrate
on meaning, starting from the more general, everyday senses and
building to an understanding of theologically significant concepts.
To avoid artificially restricting the focus of the articles, TDOT
considers under each keyword the larger groups of words that are
related linguistically or semantically. The lexical work includes
detailed surveys of a word's occurrences, not only in biblical
material but also in other ancient Near Eastern writings. Sumerian,
Akkadian, Egyptian, Ethiopic, Ugaritic, and Northwest Semitic
sources are surveyed, among others, as well as the Qumran texts and
the Septuagint; and in cultures where no cognate word exists, the
authors often consider cognate ideas. TDOT's emphasis, though, is
on Hebrew terminology and on biblical usage. The contributors
employ philology as well as form-critical and traditio-historical
methods, with the aim of understanding the religious statements in
the Old Testament. Extensive bibliographical information adds to
the value of this reference work. This English edition attempts to
serve the needs of Old Testament students without the linguistic
background of more advanced scholars; it does so, however, without
sacrificing the needs of the latter. Ancient scripts (Hebrew,
Greek, etc.) are regularly transliterated in a readable way, and
meanings of foreign words are given in many cases where the
meanings might be obvious to advanced scholars. Where the Hebrew
text versification differs from that of English Bibles, the English
verse appears in parentheses. Such features will help all earnest
students of the Bible to avail themselves of the manifold
theological insights contained in this monumental work.
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