Are Eídōla Idols?: Probing a Lexicographical Trope
Are Εἴδωλα Idols? Probing a Lexicographical Trope
It has long been taken for granted that the use of εἴδωλον in the language of the Septuagint and its reception in early Jewish texts was unique within the history of postclassical Greek, imbued with pejorative meaning as a technical term of “Jewish Greek” that refers not to “images” but to “idols.”...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Journal for the study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman period
Year: 2025, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 129-160 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Old Testament
/ Lexicography
/ Greek language
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| Further subjects: | B
εἴδωλα
B postclassical Greek B Jewish Greek B Lexicography B Images B Idols B Septuagint |
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