TY - BOOK ID - 17202352 TI - The transformation of biblical proper names. PY - 2010 VL - 418 SN - 9780567452245 0567452247 9780567688927 9780567429902 0567429903 128319953X 9781283199537 9786613199539 6613199532 PB - New York Clark DB - UniCat KW - Names in the Bible. KW - Hebrew language KW - Transliteration into Greek. KW - Transliteration into Latin. KW - Transliteration into English. KW - Bible KW - Translating. KW - 221.02*1 KW - 221.02*1 Oud Testament: bijbelse filologie: hebreeuws KW - Oud Testament: bijbelse filologie: hebreeuws KW - Jewish language KW - Jews KW - Semitic languages, Northwest KW - Languages KW - Names in the Bible KW - Transliteration into English KW - Transliteration into Greek KW - Transliteration into Latin KW - Biblia KW - Etymology KW - Translation science KW - English language KW - Latin language KW - Greek language KW - Hebrew language - Transliteration into Greek. KW - Hebrew language - Transliteration into Latin. KW - Hebrew language - Transliteration into English. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17202352 AB - In the transmission we encounter various transformations of biblical proper names. The basic phonetic relationship between Semitic languages on the one hand and non-Semitic languages, like Greek and Latin, on the other hand, is so complex that it was hardly possible to establish a unified tradition in writing biblical proper names within the Greek and Latin cultures. Since the Greek and Latin alphabets are inadequate for transliteration of Semitic languages, authors of Greek and Latin Bibles were utter grammatical and cultural innovators. In Greek and Latin Bibles we note an almost embarrassin ER -