Loanwords in biblical literature : rhetorical studies in Esther, Daniel, Ezra, and Exodus / Jonathan Thambyrajah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thambyrajah, Jonathan, author.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 722.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 722

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Terminology.

Bible.

Hebrew language--Foreign words and phrases.

Hebrew language.

Bible. Old Testament.

Bible. Esther--Language, style.

Bible. Daniel--Language, style.

Bible. Ezra--Language, style.

Bible. Exodus--Language, style.

Hebrew language, Biblical--Foreign words and phrases.

Genre:

Terminology.

Physical Description:

304 pages ; 24 cm.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : T&T Clark, 2022.

Summary:

"In contrast to previous scholarship which has approached loanwords from etymological and lexicographic perspectives, Jonathan Thambyrajah considers them not only as data but as rhetorical elements of the literary texts of which they are a part. In the book, he explains why certain biblical texts strongly prefer to use loanwords whereas others have few. In order to explore this, he studies the loanwords of Esther, Daniel, Ezra and Exodus, considering their impact on audiences and readers. He also analyzes and evaluates the many proposed loan hypotheses in Biblical Hebrew and proposes further or different hypotheses. Loanwords have the potential to carry associations with its culture of origin, and as such are ideal rhetorical tools for shaping a text's audience's view of the nations around them and their own nation. Thambyrajah also focuses on this phenomenon, looking at the court tales in Esther and Daniel, the correspondence in the Hebrew and Aramaic sections of Ezra 1-7, and the accounts of building the tabernacle in Exodus, and paying close attention to how these texts present ethnicity."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. The Loanwords

3. Text Analysis

Loanwords as a Means for Group Maintenance

4. Conclusions

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version:

ISBN:

0567703061

9780567703064

OCLC:

1269616061