TY - BOOK ID - 85506688 TI - The semantics of silence in biblical Hebrew PY - 2020 VL - volume 100 SN - 00818461 SN - 9789004414174 9004414177 9789004414648 9004414649 PB - Leiden Boston : BRILL, DB - UniCat KW - Hebrew language KW - Silence in the Bible KW - 22.02*1 KW - 22.02*1 Bijbelse filologie: hebreeuws KW - Bijbelse filologie: hebreeuws KW - Semantics KW - Silence in the Bible. KW - Semantics. KW - Hebrew language - Semantics. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85506688 AB - "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". ER -