Language Contact in Judea?: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Punic

This paper examines a set of linguistic parallels between Judean Hebrew and Aramaic, on the one hand, and Punic and Late Punic, on the other, in order to examine J. T. Milik’s 1957 claim for a Hebrew-Phoenician koine in southern Palestine. The analysis of the evidence indeed indicates language conta...

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Published in:Dead Sea discoveries
Main Author: Mor, Uri (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Dead Sea discoveries
Further subjects:B Hebrew papyrology and epigraphy Judean Hebrew and Aramaic Rabbinic Hebrew Palestinian Aramaic Punic language contact
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Summary:This paper examines a set of linguistic parallels between Judean Hebrew and Aramaic, on the one hand, and Punic and Late Punic, on the other, in order to examine J. T. Milik’s 1957 claim for a Hebrew-Phoenician koine in southern Palestine. The analysis of the evidence indeed indicates language contact (rather than parallel development), but does not support Milik’s notion of a southern koine.
ISSN:1568-5179
Contains:Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685179-12341311