Personal Names of the Pentateuch in the Northwest Semitic Context: A Comparative Study

The personal names of the Pentateuch (the first 11 chapters excluded) have not very often been under systematic scientific investigations. The topic is interesting from the points of view of linguistics, onomastics, theology and ethnohistory. The anthroponyms of the Pentateuch are compared with pers...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
Main Author: Rahkonen, Pauli (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2019]
In: Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Pentateuch, Bible. Pentateuch / Linguistics / Onomastikon / Theology / Ethnohistory / Name / Exegesis
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
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Summary:The personal names of the Pentateuch (the first 11 chapters excluded) have not very often been under systematic scientific investigations. The topic is interesting from the points of view of linguistics, onomastics, theology and ethnohistory. The anthroponyms of the Pentateuch are compared with personal names found from the 2nd millennium BCE (from Amorite, Ugaritic and Amarna Canaanite sources) and with anthroponyms from extrabiblical and biblical Hebrew sources, as well as with Phoenician sources of the first half of the 1st millennium. The conclusion is that the anthroponyms of the Pentateuch reflect the onomasticon of the second millennium, having slightly modified typological and lexical roots in the same Northwest Semitic entity as Amorite, Amarna Canaanite and Ugaritic personal names.
ISSN:1502-7244
Contains:Enthalten in: Scandinavian journal of the Old Testament
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09018328.2019.1600259