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"Semantics and "spirit' : רוח and humanity in Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job
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ISBN: 9789004525382 9004525386 9789004525399 9004525394 Year: 2023 Publisher: Leiden Brill

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"[Ruaḥ] is vital to the Hebrew Bible's understanding of God, the world, and humanity. However, the word defies easy categorisation or casual analysis, especially when referring to humans and their experiences. Integrating insights from several sub-fields of Cognitive Linguistics with detailed exegesis, this book examines each anthropological use of in Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes, demonstrating how even complicated words in difficult passages can be fruitfully understood. As well as furthering the application of contemporary linguistics to ancient texts, this study sheds new light on the Hebrew Bible's understanding of humanity and their relationship to the world and to the divine"--

Psychophysischer Sprachgebrauch im alten Testament : eine strukturalsemantische Analyse von leb, nefeš und ruach.
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ISBN: 9514104544 9789514104541 Year: 1983 Publisher: Helsinki : Suomalainen tiedeakatemia,

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