Biblical Hebrew in Context : Essays in Semitics and Old Testament Texts in Honour of Professor Jan P. Lettinga.

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Figures -- Chapter 1 A Leiden Semitist in Kampen: Honouring Professor Jan P. Lettinga -- Chapter 2 Hebrew pelīlīm and Old Assyrian palālum -- Chapter 3 Keilalphabetische Briefe aus Ugarit: Deutsche Übertragung von KTU3 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.16 und 2.26 -- Chapter 4 Remarks on the Verbal Rection in Biblical Aramaic -- Chapter 5 A Dutch Grammar of Biblical Hebrew: J.P. Lettinga's Grammatica van het Bijbels Hebreeuws and Its Revisions -- Chapter 6 A Paradigm Shift: Reflections on Teaching Hebrew in the Theology Curriculum -- Chapter 7 The 'Language of Canaan': Ancient Israel's History and the Origins of Hebrew -- Chapter 8 Forgiveness of Sin for the Price of a New-born's Life? 2 Samuel 12:13-15 Reconsidered -- Chapter 9 Stilling or Stirring Up the Sea? The Translation of Isaiah 51:15 -- Chapter 10 'But Fear not, O Jacob my Servant!' Place and Function of the Salvation Oracle Jeremiah 46:27-28 MT -- Chapter 11 Hosea 4:16-19: A Century of Work on an Obscure Text -- Chapter 12 Living Linguistic Legacy: The 'Sons of God' in the Non-Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls -- Bibliography Professor Jan P. Lettinga -- Index of Authors -- Index of Semitic Words and Phrases -- Index of Ancient Sources.

Biblical Hebrew in Context applies a historical approach of the Semitic languages and literature to Mesopotamian and Biblical Law, the history, grammar and teaching of Hebrew and Aramaic, and the translation and interpretation of Ugaritic and Old Testament texts.

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