LEADER 04115oam 22006014a 450 001 9910781604303321 005 20211203130254.0 010 $a1-57506-638-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781575066387 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051700 035 $a(OCoLC)759160133 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10495970 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000652895 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11940332 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000652895 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10649982 035 $a(PQKB)10733524 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3155614 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10495970 035 $a(OCoLC)922991790 035 $a(OCoLC)1287099205 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_80951 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3155614 035 $a(DE-B1597)583856 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781575066387 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051700 100 $a20210302d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn Pursuit of Meaning$eCollected Studies of Baruch A. Levine 210 1$d2011.$cEisenbrauns 215 $a1 online resource (892 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-57506-206-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $av. 1. Religion -- v. 2. Law, society, and language. 330 $aIn a career spanning almost five decades, Baruch Levine's numerous publications reflect his wide-ranging interests and areas of expertise in the study of the Hebrew Bible, the ancient Near East, and early Judaism. In Pursuit of Meaning brings together 51 of the most important articles that Professor Levine produced during his years at Brandeis University (1962-69) and New York University (1969-2000, emeritus 2000-). The first volume, containing 27 articles, focuses on the study of religion in the biblical and ancient Near Eastern worlds from a number of perspectives, ranging from close philological analysis of written sources to anthropological studies of ancient cultic practices. In the 24 articles of the second volume, Levine engages broader aspects of ancient Near Eastern society, from legal institutions of various types to larger societal forms of organization. This volume also contains some of his more incisive lexicographical and philological contributions to the study of the Hebrew and Aramaic languages.The flavor of Prof. Levine's work is captured in this paragraph from his introduction to these two volumes:"Looking back, and reviewing my writings, I realize what it is that I have been seeking all along. I have been in pursuit of meaning, employing scholarly methods, primarily philology and semantics, to the exegesis of ancient Near Eastern texts, preserved in several languages, principally the Hebrew Bible. I regard language as the key to meaning. This conclusion would appear to be self-evident, and yet, philology is often sidelined in favor of engaging larger frameworks. Most of all, I challenge the notion that we already know the meaning of the words and clauses central to the texts under investigation, and may proceed directly to other considerations without first re-examining the smaller units. Again and again, that policy has resulted in flawed interpretation, and in missed opportunities for learning. This is not to say that scholars should stop at the smaller units, and, indeed, the tendency to do so has been largely responsible for the reaction against Semitic philology so noticeable since the latter part of the 20th century. It is our challenge to move outward from focal points to the circumference, from text to context, from content to structure." 606 $aHISTORY / Ancient / General$2bisacsh 607 $aUgarit (Extinct city)$xReligious life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aHISTORY / Ancient / General. 676 $a221.9 700 $aAndrew D. Gross$01517571 701 $aBaruch A. Levine$0957344 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781604303321 996 $aIn Pursuit of Meaning$93754720 997 $aUNINA