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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791037403321

Autore

Hornkohl Aaron D.

Titolo

Ancient Hebrew periodization and the language of the Book of Jeremiah : the case for a sixth-century date of composition / / by Aaron D. Hornkohl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands : , : Brill, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-04-26965-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (525 p.)

Collana

Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, , 0081-8461 ; ; Volume 74

Disciplina

224/.2066

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 / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- 1 Introduction / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- 2 The Language of the Book of Jeremiah / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- 3 Orthography and Phonology / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- 4 Pronominal Morphology / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- 5 Nominal Morphology / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- 6 Verbal Morphology / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- 7 Syntax / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- 8 Lexical Features / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- 9 The Linguistic Profiles of the Short Edition and the Supplementary Material of Jeremiah / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- 10 Conclusion / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- Bibliography / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- Index of Foreign Words and Phrases / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- Passage Index / Aaron D. Hornkohl -- Subject Index / Aaron D. Hornkohl.

Sommario/riassunto

In Ancient Hebrew Periodization and the Language of the Book of Jeremiah , Aaron Hornkohl defends the diachronic approach to Biblical Hebrew and the linguistic dating of biblical texts. Applying the standard methodologies to the Masoretic version of the biblical book of Jeremiah, he seeks to date the work on the basis of its linguistic profile, determining that, though composite, Jeremiah is likely a product of the transitional time between the First and Second Temple Periods. Hornkohl also contributes to unraveling Jeremiah’s complicated literary development, arguing on the basis of language that its 'short edition', as reflected in the book’s Old Greek translation, predates that



'supplementary material' preserved in the Masoretic edition but unparalleled in the Greek. Nevertheless, he concludes that neither is written in Late Biblical Hebrew proper.