The Linguistic Register of 3 Maccabees and its Sociocultural Implications
The Greek of 3 Maccabees contains numerous rare lexical items and notable syntactic constructions which have scarcely been analysed or contextualised within the extant corpus of Postclassical Greek. In this article, several of these lexical and syntactic features are situated within their contempora...
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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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2024
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| In: |
Journal of septuagint and cognate studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 57, Pages: 231-253 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greek language
/ Sociolinguistics
/ Index
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Bibel, Makkabäer, 3
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| Summary: | The Greek of 3 Maccabees contains numerous rare lexical items and notable syntactic constructions which have scarcely been analysed or contextualised within the extant corpus of Postclassical Greek. In this article, several of these lexical and syntactic features are situated within their contemporary sociolinguistic context and analysed from the perspective of register. The implications of this linguistic evidence for our understanding of the social background of 3 Maccabees and its Jewish Greek cultural identity are then examined. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-4793 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of septuagint and cognate studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/JSCS.57.0.3294343 |
