The Little Known Language of Biblical Colors: The Example of melas in the Septuagint and the New Testament
Color descriptions depend on both culture and era. An explicit example consists in the Greek term melas which was used at the earliest stage of developing the Greek literature to describe various dark colors, as well as difficult mental states and negative emotions, whereas in the Hellenistic papyru...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2023
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| In: |
Biblical theology bulletin
Year: 2023, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 122-134 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ New Testament
/ Color
/ Color symbolism
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Color Symbolism
B Bible B Color B dark B melas B Black |
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| Summary: | Color descriptions depend on both culture and era. An explicit example consists in the Greek term melas which was used at the earliest stage of developing the Greek literature to describe various dark colors, as well as difficult mental states and negative emotions, whereas in the Hellenistic papyrus texts it was used in noun form to describe the writing material and pigment in painting. Analyzing the Hebrew equivalent of šāḥōr has revealed a similarity in terms of perceiving and the nomenclature concerning dark colors also in Jewish environments. The conducted study constitutes an attempt to solve methodological difficulties as well as an attempt to capture the elusive semantics and symbolism of the Greek chromatic system in biblical terms. |
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| ISSN: | 1945-7596 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical theology bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/01461079231177692 |