Beyond Babel: A Handbook for Biblical Hebrew and Related Languages (Resources for Biblical Study, 42)
Beyond Babel: A Handbook for Biblical Hebrew and Related Languages (Resources for Biblical Study, 42)
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Book Description
This book provides an introduction to the languages that are important for the study of the Hebrew Bible and ancient Israel. It contains articles on Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Egyptian, Biblical and Epigraphic Hebrew, Post-biblical Hebrew, Hittite, Phoenician, the Northwest Semitic dialects (Ammonite, Edomite, and Moabite), and Ugaritic. The contributors are Peggy L. Day, Frederick E. Greenspahn, Jo Ann Hackett, Harry A. Hoffner, Jr., John Kaltner, Charles R. Krahmalkov, Baruch A. Levine, David Marcus, Simon B. Parker, and Donald B. Redford. A general introduction by John Huehnergard discusses the importance of the study of Near Eastern languages for biblical scholarship, helping to make the volume an ideal resource for persons beginning an in-depth study of the Hebrew Bible.
About the Author
John Kaltner, Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible (1993), Drew University, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.
Steven L McKenzie, Th.D. (1983), Harvard University, is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Rhodes College
Beyond Babel: A Handbook for Biblical Hebrew and Related Languages (Resources for Biblical Study, 42),John Kaltner,Steven L. McKenzie,Brill Academic Publishers,9004126996,Arabic,Bible - Study - General,Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books,Grammar, Comparative,Interior Design - General,Judaism - History,Languages,Middle East,Middle Eastern literature,Middle Eastern philology,Relation to the Old Testament,Religion,Semitic philology
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