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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480998003321

Autore

Peters Kurtis

Titolo

Hebrew lexical semantics and daily life in ancient Israel : what's cooking in biblical Hebrew? / / by Kurtis Peters

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

90-04-32598-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Biblical interpretation series, , 0928-0731 ; ; volume 146

Disciplina

492.4/0143

Soggetti

Hebrew language - Semantics

Jews - Antiquities

Jewish cooking

Jews - Social life and customs

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Literature Review -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Lived Backgrounds -- 4 Lexemes-Concepts -- 5 A Transition -- 6 Exegetical Contributions -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Subjects.

Sommario/riassunto

"In Hebrew Lexical Semantics and Daily Life in Ancient Israel, Kurtis Peters hitches the world of Biblical Studies to that of modern linguistic research. Often the insights of linguistics do not appear in the study of biblical Hebrew, and if they do, the theory remains esoteric. Peters finds a way to maintain linguistic integrity and yet simplify cognitive linguistic methods to provide non-specialists an access point. By employing a cognitive approach one can coordinate the world of the biblical text with the world of its surroundings. The language of cooking affords such a possibility - Peters evaluates not only the words or lexemes related to cooking in the Hebrew Bible, but also the world of cooking as excavated by archaeology"--