Hebrew lexical semantics and daily life in ancient Israel: what's cooking in biblical Hebrew?

"In Hebrew Lexical Semantics and Daily Life in Ancient Israel, Kurtis Peters hitches the world of Biblical Studies to that of modern linguistic research. Often the insights of linguistics do not appear in the study of biblical Hebrew, and if they do, the theory remains esoteric. Peters finds a...

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Main Author: Peters, Kurtis (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2016]
Series:Biblical interpretation series volume 146
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"In Hebrew Lexical Semantics and Daily Life in Ancient Israel, Kurtis Peters hitches the world of Biblical Studies to that of modern linguistic research. Often the insights of linguistics do not appear in the study of biblical Hebrew, and if they do, the theory remains esoteric. Peters finds a way to maintain linguistic integrity and yet simplify cognitive linguistic methods to provide non-specialists an access point. By employing a cognitive approach one can coordinate the world of the biblical text with the world of its surroundings. The language of cooking affords such a possibility - Peters evaluates not only the words or lexemes related to cooking in the Hebrew Bible, but also the world of cooking as excavated by archaeology"...
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-229) and indexes by modern author, ancient source, and subject
Physical Description:XI, 234 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:9789004322455

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