The silence of the (spotted) lambs: ovine otherness in the Hebrew Bible

Biblical scholarship has largely read the rare ovine term טלא 'spotted lamb' (1 Sam 7,9; Is 40,11; 65,25) as another ovine designation of a 'young lamb', in spite of its direct linguistic correlation with the verbal root טלא 'to be spotted, multicolored'. In addition to...

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主要作者: Yoder, Tyler R. (Author)
格式: Print 文件
语言:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
出版: [2016]
In: Biblica
Year: 2016, 卷: 97, 发布: 4, Pages: 492-502
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bibel. Altes Testament / 农业 / 绵羊
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B 羔羊
B 隐喻
B Bibel. Altes Testament
B 动物
Parallel Edition:电子
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总结:Biblical scholarship has largely read the rare ovine term טלא 'spotted lamb' (1 Sam 7,9; Is 40,11; 65,25) as another ovine designation of a 'young lamb', in spite of its direct linguistic correlation with the verbal root טלא 'to be spotted, multicolored'. In addition to its unique representation of a sheep according to physical appearance, this type of lamb’s lack of desirability in Genesis 30 (טלוא) and its strategic placement in both Isaiah 40 and 65 suggest that the טלא contributed to the view of the exilic and eschatological remnant in Isaiah 40-66.
ISSN:0006-0887
Contains:Enthalten in: Biblica