The Significance of Linguistic Diversity in the Hebrew Bible

Language and Boundaries of Self and Other

AvCian Power

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Cian Power untersucht die Vorstellungen über die sprachliche Vielfalt in der Hebräischen Bibel, einschließlich des Hebräischen und anderer alter Sprachen wie Aramäisch. Er argumentiert, dass die verschiedenen Vorstellungen mit historischen Veränderungen verbunden sind und ein Interesse an ethnischen, religiösen und anderen Grenzen zeigen.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-03-08
Mått:156 x 233 x 22 mm
Vikt:546 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe
Antal sidor:364
Förlag:Mohr Siebeck
ISBN:9783161593246

Utforska kategorier

Biblar inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Born 1987; 2015 PhD, Harvard University; 2016−18 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Uppsala University; currently lecturer in Ancient Hebrew Language at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Language of Languages in the Hebrew Bible2.1 Words Meaning "A Language" in the Hebrew Bible2.2 Naming Languages: Glottonymy in the Hebrew Bible2.3 Expressing Foreign Language: לעז, "Speaking Unintelligibly" (Ps 114)2.4 Chapter SummaryChapter 3: The Past and Future of Linguistic Diversity3.1 The Origins of Linguistic Diversity3.2 The Future of Language: The Religious Community of Yahweh3.3 A Divine Language? The Unknown Speech of Ps 81:63.4 Chapter SummaryChapter 4: The Representation of Linguistic Difference through Style-Switching4.1 Style and Switching in Sociolinguistics4.2 Style-Switching in the Hebrew Bible to Represent Linguistic Difference4.3 Case Studies4.4 Style-Switching and the Conceptualization of Linguistic Diversity4.5 Chapter SummaryChapter 5: Code-Switching: Jeremiah's Message to the Idolaters and the Rabshakeh Episode5.1 Jeremiah 10:11: An Aramaic Message for Idolaters5.2 Aramaic and Judaean in the Speech of the Rabshakeh (2 Kgs 18//Isa 36)5.3 Sennacherib's Message in 2 Chronicles 325.4 Chapter SummaryChapter 6: The Invasion of the Alloglot Nation6.1 Jer 5:156.2 Deut 28:496.3 Isa 28:116.4 Isa 33:196.5 Ezek 3:5-66.6 The Alloglot-Invader Theme in Narrative? The Case of the Rabshakeh6.7 Dynamics of the Alloglot-Invader Theme6.8. History of the Tradition6.9 Barbarity6.10 Chapter SummaryChapter 7: Translation, Bilingualism, and Normative Language Ideology in the Books of Esther, Daniel, and Ezra-Nehemiah7.1 High Relative Frequency of References to Linguistic Diversity7.2 Translation and Interpretation7.3 Bilingualism in Daniel and Ezra7.4 Normative Language Ideology7.5 Chapter SummaryChapter 8: Conclusion8.1 Review8.2 Diachronic Considerations8.3 The Encounter with Empire8.4 The Biblical Authors' Understanding of Their Own Language8.5 Avenues for Future Research