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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462076503321

Autore

Zanella Francesco <1979->

Titolo

The lexical field of the substantives of "gift" in ancient Hebrew [[electronic resource] /] / by Francesco Zanella

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010

ISBN

1-283-85190-3

90-474-4108-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (494 p.)

Collana

Studia Semitica Neerlandica, , 0081-6914 ; ; v. 54

Disciplina

492.4/014

492.4014

Soggetti

Ceremonial exchange - Palestine

Gifts in literature

Gifts

Hebrew language - Semantics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Methodological Framework -- Part One Distributional and Syntagmatic Analysis -- Part Two Paradigmatic Analysis -- Part Three A Synoptic Overview -- Part Four Final Glossary -- Appendix Language and Culture: Towards the Concept of ‘Gift’ -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Authors.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph exhaustively investigates the semantic domain of ‘gift’ in Ancient Hebrew, which comprises 28 substantives. The investigation firstly focuses on the syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations that determine the meanings of each individual lexeme and subsequently provides an overall picture of the developments and extensions of the whole lexical field across the different layers of Ancient Hebrew. The investigation sheds new light on the debated issue of the so-called sectarian Qumran writings, by demonstrating that they attest to distinctive patterns of lexical organisation that are not found elsewhere in Ancient Hebrew. The appendix finally discusses the feasibility of drawing concept related conclusions on the basis of linguistic data, thus sketching a possible map of the concept of ‘gift’.