The lexical field of the substantives of "word" in ancient Hebrew : from the Bible to the Mishnah / Federico Dal Bo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dal Bo, Federico, author.

Series:

Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes ; Bd. 124.

Abhandlungen f�ur die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 0567-4980 ; Band 124

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hebrew language--Lexicology.

Hebrew language.

Language and languages--Etymology--Lexicography.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

xiii, 278 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2021.

Summary:

Jewish Monotheism is built on a fundamental assumption: God has spoken to the Jews and commanded them to follow His law. But what exactly are God's words? This monograph examines the notion of "word" in Ancient Judaism from the Bible to the Mishnah, from Scripture to this prominent Hebrew law handbook redacted at the beginning of 3rd century c.e. It explores the notion of human and divine "word" and its transformation in the narrative, legal, poetical, and theological pieces of Jewish literature. It pays particular attention to the semantic evolutions of all those substantives that designate a "word" or any other relevant element of speech that both humans and God use to communicate with each other. The monograph offers an analysis of the word field of the substantives of "word" from a double perspective--a linguistic and a cultural one. On the one hand it relies on Eugenio Coseriu's semantics and on the disseminated notion of Hebrew functional languages. It starts from the presupposition that every term has its own meaning only due to its connection with other terms called "lexical field." It also argues that Hebrew can be divided into several functional languages that have different social and communicative functions: a narrative, legal, poetical, and performative one. On the other hand, the monograph also takes into account the reception history of Scripture through its main ancient translations into Greek, Aramaic, and Syriac. In doing so, the monograph examines the word field of the substantives of "word" also from a cultural perspective and shows the evolution of this fundamental portion of Jewish literature.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Methodological Framework

1. Preliminaries to a Linguistic Analysis of Ancient Hebrew

2. Functional Languages in Ancient Hebrew

3. Research Procedures of Componential Analysis

4. The Semantic Coordinates of the Present Research

pt. One Distributional and Syntagmatic Analysis

Lexeme 1

Lexeme 2

Lexeme 3

Lexeme 4

Lexeme 5

Lexeme 6

Lexeme 7

Lexeme 8

Lexeme 9

Lexeme 10

Lexeme 11

Lexeme 12

Lexeme 13

Lexeme 14

pt. Two Paradigmatic Analysis

pt. Three A Synoptic Overview of Functional Languages

Section 1 The lexical Field of the Substantives of `Word' in Archaic Biblical Hebrew

Section 2 The lexical Field of the Substantives of `Word' in Standard Narrative Hebrew

Section 3 The lexical Field of the Substantives of `Word' in Standard Poetic Hebrew

Section 4 The lexical Field of the Substantives of `Word' in Standard Juridical-Cultic Hebrew

Section 5 The lexical Field of the Substantives of `Word' in Late Narrative Hebrew

Section 6 The lexical Field of the Substantives of `Word' in Late Poetic Hebrew

Section 7 The lexical Field of the Substantives of `Word' in Ben Sira Hebrew

Section 8 The lexical Field of the Substantives of `Word' in the Narrative Language of Qumran

Section 9 The lexical Field of the Substantives of `Word' in the Poetic Language of Qumran

Section 10 The lexical Field of the Substantives of `Word' in the Juridical-Cultic Language of Qumran

Section 11 The lexical Field of the Substantives of `Word' in the Sectarian Language of Qumran

Section 12 The lexical Field of the Substantives of `Word' in Rabbinic Juridical-Cultic Language

pt. Four A Synoptic Overview of Dimensions

Section 1 The `Theoretical-Cognitive' Dimension of the Substantives of `Word'

Section 2 The `Exegetical' Dimension of the Substantives of `Word'

Section 3 The `Juridical' Dimension of the Substantives of `Word'

Section 4 The `Pragmatical' Dimension of the Substantives of `Word'

Section 5 The Four Dimensions of the Substantives of `Word' and the Functional Languages

pt. Five Final Glossary

Lexeme 14.

Notes:

Revised thesis (master's)--University of Florence, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-278).

ISBN:

9783447116527

3447116528

OCLC:

1267333336

Publisher Number:

9783447116527