The Significance of Linguistic Diversity in the Hebrew Bible

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.

• 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