The lexical field of the substantives of "gift" in ancient Hebrew / by Francesco Zanella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zanella, Francesco, 1979-

Series:

Studia Semitica Neerlandica 54.

Brill eBook titles

Studia Semitica Neerlandica, 0081-6914 ; v. 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ceremonial exchange--Palestine--Terminology.

Ceremonial exchange.

Gifts in literature.

Gifts--Terminology.

Gifts.

Hebrew language--Semantics.

Hebrew language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (494 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph exhaustively investigates the semantic domain of ‘gift’ in Ancient Hebrew, which comprises 28 substantives. The investigation firstly focuses on the syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations that determine the meanings of each individual lexeme and subsequently provides an overall picture of the developments and extensions of the whole lexical field across the different layers of Ancient Hebrew. The investigation sheds new light on the debated issue of the so-called sectarian Qumran writings, by demonstrating that they attest to distinctive patterns of lexical organisation that are not found elsewhere in Ancient Hebrew. The appendix finally discusses the feasibility of drawing concept related conclusions on the basis of linguistic data, thus sketching a possible map of the concept of ‘gift’.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Methodological Framework

Part One Distributional and Syntagmatic Analysis

Part Two Paradigmatic Analysis

Part Three A Synoptic Overview

Part Four Final Glossary

Appendix Language and Culture: Towards the Concept of ‘Gift’

Bibliography

Index of References

Index of Authors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781283851909

1283851903

9789047441083

9047441087

OCLC:

810335985

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047441083 DOI