The Lexical Field of the Substantives of "Gift" in Ancient Hebrew
Published on 7. July 2010
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Hardback
496 pages
978-90-04-17873-1 (ISBN)
Description
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'.
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"Zanella consistently sets out his position clearly and creatively, and justifies it lucidly and persuasively. There is, ultimately, no doubt that Zanella has succeeded in what he set out to do -- to provide a set of objective, coherent and useful results concerning the lexical field of 'gift' in Ancient Hebrew, while acknowledging that those results must remain 'partial, relative, and connected to a specific semantic theory' (p. 61)." Marilyn Burton, University of Edinburgh in The Expository Times vol. 124, no. 12, September 2013, pp. 619-620.More details
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English
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Leiden
Netherlands
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Professional and scholarly
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Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
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866 gr
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978-90-04-17873-1 (9789004178731)
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Francesco Zanella, Ph.D. (2006) in Semantics of Ancient Hebrew, University of Florence, is research assistant at the Universities of Siegen and Bonn in the framework of the ThWQ Project (Theologisches Woerterbuch zu den Qumrantexten).
Content
CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ............................................................................ xi
Foreword ............................................................................................. xiii
Abbreviations ..................................................................................... xv
Methodological Framework ............................................................. 1
1 Biblical Hebrew or Ancient Hebrew? Between Language
and Corpus .............................................................................. 1
2 Componential Analysis of Meaning .................................... 12
2.1 Why Componential Analysis of Meaning? ............... 12
2.2 Theoretical Framework ................................................ 15
2.3 Research Procedures of Componential Analysis ..... 37
3 Between Synchrony and Diachrony: Componential
Analysis and the Issue of Linguistic Change ....................... 46
4 Componential Analysis as a Heuristic Tool for Cognitive
Semantics? Some Methodological Considerations ........... 52
Part One Distributional and Syntagmatic Analysis .................. 63
Lexeme 1: 63 ............................................................................ ?????????
Lexeme 2: 66 ............................................................... ??????? / ???????
Lexeme 3: 74 ............................................................................. ????????
Lexeme 4: 82 ......................................................................... ???? ? ?????
Lexeme 5: 84 ................................................................................ ?????
Lexeme 6: 90 ............................................................................... ??????
Lexeme 7: 103 ................................................................................ ?????
Lexeme 8: 107 .......................................................................... ???????????
Lexeme 9: 111 ............................................................................... ?????
Lexeme 10: 115 .............................................................................. ?????
Lexeme 11: 128 ........................................................................... ???????
Lexeme 12: 165 ......................................................................... ????????
Lexeme 13: 175 .............................................................................. ??????
Lexeme 14: 181 ........................................................................... ????????
Lexeme 15: 196 ............................................................................ ??????
Lexeme 16: 203 ............................................................................ ???????
Lexeme 17: 219 .............................................................................. ?????
Lexeme 18: 221 ............................................................................... ?????
Lexeme 19: 223 .............................................................................. ?????
Lexeme 20: 240 ............................................................................ ????????
Lexeme 21: 253 ............................................................................. ??????
Lexeme 22: 265 ............................................................................ ??????
Lexeme 23: 277 ................................................................................ ????
Lexeme 24: 280 ....................................................................... ???????????
Lexeme 25: 284 ........................................................... ??????? ? ?? / ????????
Lexeme 26: 292 ....................................................................... ???????????
Lexeme 27: 295 ......................................................................... ?????????
Lexeme 28: 316 ........................................................................ ??????????
Part Two Paradigmatic Analysis .................................................. 319
Lexeme 1: 319 ............................................................................ ?????????
Lexeme 2: 320 ............................................................... ??????? / ???????
Lexeme 3: 322 ............................................................................. ????????
Lexeme 4: 324 ......................................................................... ???? ? ?????
Lexeme 5: 325 ................................................................................ ?????
Lexeme 6: 326 ............................................................................... ??????
Lexeme 7: 330 ................................................................................ ?????
Lexeme 8: 331 .......................................................................... ???????????
Lexeme 9: 333 ............................................................................... ?????
Lexeme 10: 335 .............................................................................. ?????
Lexeme 11: 338 ........................................................................... ???????
Lexeme 12: 345 ......................................................................... ????????
Lexeme 13: 348 .............................................................................. ??????
Lexeme 14: 351 ........................................................................... ????????
Lexeme 15: 355 ............................................................................ ??????
Lexeme 16: 358 ............................................................................ ???????
Lexeme 17: 361 .............................................................................. ?????
Lexeme 18: 362 ............................................................................... ?????
Lexeme 19: 363 .............................................................................. ?????
Lexeme 20: 367 ............................................................................ ????????
Lexeme 21: 370 ............................................................................. ??????
Lexeme 22: 374 ............................................................................ ??????
Lexeme 23: 377 ................................................................................ ????
Lexeme 24: 379 ....................................................................... ???????????
Lexeme 25: 380 ........................................................... ??????? ? ?? / ????????
Lexeme 26: 382 ....................................................................... ???????????
Lexeme 27: 384 ......................................................................... ?????????
Lexeme 28: 388 ........................................................................ ??????????
Part Three A Synoptic Overview ................................................. 389
Section 1: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Archaic Biblical Hebrew .......................................................... 389
Section 2: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Standard Narrative Hebrew .................................................... 391
Section 3: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Standard Poetic Hebrew .......................................................... 394
Section 4: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Standard Juridical-Cultic Hebrew .......................................... 397
Section 5: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Late Narrative Hebrew ............................................................. 400
Section 6: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Late Poetic Hebrew ................................................................... 402
Section 7: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Ben Sira Hebrew ....................................................................... 404
Section 8: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
the Narrative Language of Qumran ...................................... 406
Section 9: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
the Poetic Language of Qumran ............................................ 407
Section 10: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
the Juridical-Cultic Language of Qumran ............................ 409
Section 11: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
the Sectarian Language of Qumran ....................................... 411
Part Four Final Glossary ............................................................... 415
Appendix Language and Culture: Towards the Concept
of 'Gift' ............................................................................................ 443
Bibliography ........................................................................................ 453
Index of References ........................................................................... 465
Index of Authors ................................................................................ 472
Acknowledgements ............................................................................ xi
Foreword ............................................................................................. xiii
Abbreviations ..................................................................................... xv
Methodological Framework ............................................................. 1
1 Biblical Hebrew or Ancient Hebrew? Between Language
and Corpus .............................................................................. 1
2 Componential Analysis of Meaning .................................... 12
2.1 Why Componential Analysis of Meaning? ............... 12
2.2 Theoretical Framework ................................................ 15
2.3 Research Procedures of Componential Analysis ..... 37
3 Between Synchrony and Diachrony: Componential
Analysis and the Issue of Linguistic Change ....................... 46
4 Componential Analysis as a Heuristic Tool for Cognitive
Semantics? Some Methodological Considerations ........... 52
Part One Distributional and Syntagmatic Analysis .................. 63
Lexeme 1: 63 ............................................................................ ?????????
Lexeme 2: 66 ............................................................... ??????? / ???????
Lexeme 3: 74 ............................................................................. ????????
Lexeme 4: 82 ......................................................................... ???? ? ?????
Lexeme 5: 84 ................................................................................ ?????
Lexeme 6: 90 ............................................................................... ??????
Lexeme 7: 103 ................................................................................ ?????
Lexeme 8: 107 .......................................................................... ???????????
Lexeme 9: 111 ............................................................................... ?????
Lexeme 10: 115 .............................................................................. ?????
Lexeme 11: 128 ........................................................................... ???????
Lexeme 12: 165 ......................................................................... ????????
Lexeme 13: 175 .............................................................................. ??????
Lexeme 14: 181 ........................................................................... ????????
Lexeme 15: 196 ............................................................................ ??????
Lexeme 16: 203 ............................................................................ ???????
Lexeme 17: 219 .............................................................................. ?????
Lexeme 18: 221 ............................................................................... ?????
Lexeme 19: 223 .............................................................................. ?????
Lexeme 20: 240 ............................................................................ ????????
Lexeme 21: 253 ............................................................................. ??????
Lexeme 22: 265 ............................................................................ ??????
Lexeme 23: 277 ................................................................................ ????
Lexeme 24: 280 ....................................................................... ???????????
Lexeme 25: 284 ........................................................... ??????? ? ?? / ????????
Lexeme 26: 292 ....................................................................... ???????????
Lexeme 27: 295 ......................................................................... ?????????
Lexeme 28: 316 ........................................................................ ??????????
Part Two Paradigmatic Analysis .................................................. 319
Lexeme 1: 319 ............................................................................ ?????????
Lexeme 2: 320 ............................................................... ??????? / ???????
Lexeme 3: 322 ............................................................................. ????????
Lexeme 4: 324 ......................................................................... ???? ? ?????
Lexeme 5: 325 ................................................................................ ?????
Lexeme 6: 326 ............................................................................... ??????
Lexeme 7: 330 ................................................................................ ?????
Lexeme 8: 331 .......................................................................... ???????????
Lexeme 9: 333 ............................................................................... ?????
Lexeme 10: 335 .............................................................................. ?????
Lexeme 11: 338 ........................................................................... ???????
Lexeme 12: 345 ......................................................................... ????????
Lexeme 13: 348 .............................................................................. ??????
Lexeme 14: 351 ........................................................................... ????????
Lexeme 15: 355 ............................................................................ ??????
Lexeme 16: 358 ............................................................................ ???????
Lexeme 17: 361 .............................................................................. ?????
Lexeme 18: 362 ............................................................................... ?????
Lexeme 19: 363 .............................................................................. ?????
Lexeme 20: 367 ............................................................................ ????????
Lexeme 21: 370 ............................................................................. ??????
Lexeme 22: 374 ............................................................................ ??????
Lexeme 23: 377 ................................................................................ ????
Lexeme 24: 379 ....................................................................... ???????????
Lexeme 25: 380 ........................................................... ??????? ? ?? / ????????
Lexeme 26: 382 ....................................................................... ???????????
Lexeme 27: 384 ......................................................................... ?????????
Lexeme 28: 388 ........................................................................ ??????????
Part Three A Synoptic Overview ................................................. 389
Section 1: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Archaic Biblical Hebrew .......................................................... 389
Section 2: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Standard Narrative Hebrew .................................................... 391
Section 3: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Standard Poetic Hebrew .......................................................... 394
Section 4: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Standard Juridical-Cultic Hebrew .......................................... 397
Section 5: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Late Narrative Hebrew ............................................................. 400
Section 6: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Late Poetic Hebrew ................................................................... 402
Section 7: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
Ben Sira Hebrew ....................................................................... 404
Section 8: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
the Narrative Language of Qumran ...................................... 406
Section 9: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
the Poetic Language of Qumran ............................................ 407
Section 10: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
the Juridical-Cultic Language of Qumran ............................ 409
Section 11: The Lexical Field of the Substantives of 'Gift' in
the Sectarian Language of Qumran ....................................... 411
Part Four Final Glossary ............................................................... 415
Appendix Language and Culture: Towards the Concept
of 'Gift' ............................................................................................ 443
Bibliography ........................................................................................ 453
Index of References ........................................................................... 465
Index of Authors ................................................................................ 472