TY - BOOK ID - 19328216 TI - Languages from the world of the Bible PY - 2012 SN - 1934078611 1306968275 1934078638 PB - Boston : De Gruyter, DB - UniCat KW - Near Eastern philology KW - Near Eastern literature KW - Middle Eastern philology. KW - Semitic philology. KW - Middle Eastern literature KW - Oriental philology KW - Middle Eastern philology KW - Relation to the Old Testament. KW - Relation to the New Testament. KW - Bible. KW - Ba-yon Tipan KW - Bagong Tipan KW - Jaji ma Hungi KW - Kainē Diathēkē KW - New Testament KW - Nouveau Testament KW - Novo Testamento KW - Novum Testamentum KW - Novyĭ Zavet KW - Novyĭ Zavi︠e︡t Gospoda nashego Īisusa Khrista KW - Novyĭ Zavit KW - Nuevo Testamento KW - Nuovo Testamento KW - Nye Testamente KW - Perjanjian Baru KW - Dhamma sacʻ kyamʻʺ KW - Injīl KW - Antico Testamento KW - Hebrew Bible KW - Hebrew Scriptures KW - Kitve-ḳodesh KW - Miḳra KW - Old Testament KW - Palaia Diathēkē KW - Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa KW - Sean-Tiomna KW - Stary Testament KW - Tanakh KW - Tawrāt KW - Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim KW - Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim KW - Velho Testamento KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - Middle East KW - Asia, South West KW - Asia, Southwest KW - Asia, West KW - Asia, Western KW - East (Middle East) KW - Eastern Mediterranean KW - Fertile Crescent KW - Levant KW - Mediterranean Region, Eastern KW - Mideast KW - Near East KW - Northern Tier (Middle East) KW - South West Asia KW - Southwest Asia KW - West Asia KW - Western Asia KW - Orient KW - Languages KW - Grammar, Comparative. KW - Bible KW - Alphabet. KW - Ancient Near East. KW - Hebrew Bible. KW - Indo-European Languages. KW - Semitic Languages. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19328216 AB - The breakthrough of the alphabetic script early in the first millennium BCE coincides with the appearance of several new languages and civilizations in ancient Syria-Palestine. Together, they form the cultural setting in which ancient Israel, the Hebrew Bible, and, transformed by Hellenism, the New Testament took shape. This book contains concise yet thorough and lucid overviews of ancient Near Eastern languages united by alphabetic writing and illuminates their interaction during the first 1000 years of their attestation. All chapters are informed by the most recent scholarship, contain fresh insights, provide numerous examples from the most pertinent sources, and share a clear historical framework that makes it easier to trace processes of contact and convergence in this highly diversified speech area. They also address non-specialists. The following topics are discussed: Alphabetic writing (A. Millard), Ugaritic (A. Gianto), Phoenician and Hebrew (H. Gzella), Transjordanian languages (K. Beyer), Old and Imperial Aramaic (M. Folmer), Epigraphic South Arabian (R. Hasselbach), Old Persian (M. de Vaan/A. Lubotsky), Greek (A. Willi). ER -