The Pressing Plates, the Screws, and the Nuts: Aramaic as a Contact Language in the Oil-Pressing Industry of the Holy Land
This article examines Aramaic as a contact language in oil-pressing terminology in the Holy Land as documented for nearly two millennia. It focuses on three obscure Rabbinic Hebrew (RH) terms from the Baraita concerning the oil and wine press: dfyn dpyn "plates," lṿlvyn lwlbyn lit. &...
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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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Aramaic studies
Year: 2025, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 194-246 |
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Aramaic language
/ Olive oil production
/ Semitic languages
/ Semitic studies
/ Palestine
/ Lexicography
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| Further subjects: | B
Palestinian Arabic
B language contact B loanwords B Semitic linguistics B Rabbinic Hebrew B traditional agriculture B Jewish Babylonian Aramaic B Material Culture B oil press B Talmud B Christian Palestinian Aramaic B substrate B Tosefta |
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