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Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts: Vol 1 (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,455
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Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts: Vol 1 (Paperback): Ian Young, Robert Rezetko

Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts: Vol 1 (Paperback)

Ian Young, Robert Rezetko

Series: BibleWorld

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Since the beginning of critical scholarship, Biblical texts have been dated using linguistic evidence and, in recent years, this has become a controversial topic. However, until now there has been no introduction to the field aimed at students with only a reasonable grounding in Biblical Hebrew. This textbook introduces the field of linguistic dating of biblical texts, particularly to intermediate and advanced students of biblical Hebrew who have a reasonable background in the language, having completed at least an introductory course at the university or divinity school level, but also to scholars of the Hebrew Bible in general who have not been exposed to the full scope of issues. The book is useful to a wide range of readers by introducing topics at a basic level before entering into detailed discussion. Among the many issues discussed in this volume are: What is it that makes Archaic Biblical Hebrew 'archaic', Early Biblical Hebrew 'early', and Late Biblical Hebrew 'late'? Does linguistic typology, i.e. different linguistic characteristics, convert easily and neatly into linguistic chronology, i.e. different historical origins? A large amount of text samples are presented for study. Readers are introduced to significant linguistic features of the texts by means of notes on the passages. For use as a textbook in a classroom context, the detailed notes on the text samples provide a background, concrete illustrations, and a point of departure for discussion of the general and theoretical issues discussed in each chapter.After a brief introduction (Chapter 1), the following chapters look in detail at the principles and methodology used to differentiate Archaic, Early and Late BiblicalHebrew (Chapters 2-5, 12), the complicating matters of dialects and diglossia and textual criticism (Chapters 7, 13), and the significance of extra-biblical sources, including Amarna Canaanite, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Hebrew inscriptions of the monarchic period, Qumran and Mishnaic Hebrew, the Hebrew language of Ben Sira and Bar Kochba, and also Egyptian, Akkadian, Persian and Greek loanwords (Chapters 6, 8-12).

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Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: BibleWorld
Release date: September 2014
First published: 2008
Authors: Ian Young • Robert Rezetko
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 978-1-84553-082-2
Categories: Books
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LSN: 1-84553-082-9
Barcode: 9781845530822

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