Two Instances of Language Contact in Isaiah 45:14
Scholars have identified two traces of loans originating from Aramaic and Akkadian in Isa. 45:14. In this article, I examine each of the proposed borrowings, offering further support for the first, but arguing for a different path from Aramaic into the Hebrew of Isa. 45:14 for the second. In doing s...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2019]
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Journal of Semitic studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 401-418 |
IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
Further subjects: | B
Bible. Jesaja 45,14
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Summary: | Scholars have identified two traces of loans originating from Aramaic and Akkadian in Isa. 45:14. In this article, I examine each of the proposed borrowings, offering further support for the first, but arguing for a different path from Aramaic into the Hebrew of Isa. 45:14 for the second. In doing so, I add precision to the loan phonology of the lexeme as it relates to the sibilants involved and I call into question comparative evidence cited in Ludwig K.hler and Walter Baumgartner's The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. |
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ISSN: | 1477-8556 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Semitic studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jss/fgz003 |