30.4498, Books: The Semantics of Silence in Biblical Hebrew: Noll

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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 21:01:11
From: Clovis Jaillet [Jaillet at Brill.com]
Subject: The Semantics of Silence in Biblical Hebrew: Noll

 


Title: The Semantics of Silence in Biblical Hebrew 
Series Title: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Brill
	   http://www.brill.com
	

Book URL: https://brill.com/view/title/56130 


Author: Sonja Noll

Electronic: ISBN:  9789004414648 Pages: 346 Price: Europe EURO 105
Hardback: ISBN:  9789000441417 Pages: 346 Price: Europe EURO 105


Abstract:

In The Semantics of Silence in Biblical Hebrew, Sonja Noll explores the many
words in biblical Hebrew that refer to being silent, investigating how they
are used in biblical texts, Dead Sea Scrolls, and Ben Sira. She also examines
the tradition of interpretation for these words in the early versions
(Septuagint, Vulgate, Targum, Peshitta), modern translations, and standard
dictionaries, revealing that meanings are not always straightforward and that
additional work is needed in biblical semantics and lexicography. The
traditional approach to comparative Semitics, with its over-simplistic
assumption of semantic equivalence in cognates, is also challenged. The
surprising conclusion of the work is that there is no single concept of
silence in the biblical world; rather, it spans multiple semantic fields.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Semantics

Subject Language(s): Hebrew, Ancient (hbo)


Written In: English  (eng)

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