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Languages from the World of the Bible (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Languages from the World of the Bible (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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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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