Biblical Hebrew in Context

Essays in Semitics and Old Testament Texts in Honour of Professor Jan P. Lettinga
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-38084-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 74, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies

For half a century Jan P. Lettinga (1921), Professor emeritus of Semitic Languages at the Theological University Kampen (Broederweg), greatly influenced the teaching of Biblical Hebrew in the Faculties of Theology, Religious Studies and Semitic Languages in the Netherlands and Belgium by his widely used grammar. This volume honours his legacy and reputation as a Semitist.
Lettinga always asked how a historical approach of the Semitic languages and literature would contribute to their understanding, and how this elucidates our reading of the Hebrew Scriptures. Biblical Hebrew in Context applies this approach to issues reflecting the full breadth of Lettinga’s interests: Mesopotamian and Biblical Law, the history, grammar and teaching of Hebrew and Aramaic, and the translation and interpretation of Ugaritic and Old Testament texts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bekkum, Koert van

Kwakkel, Gert

Rose, Wolter H

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Koert van Bekkum Ph.D. (2010), Theological University Kampen, is Assistant Professor of Old Testament at that university. He is author of From Conquest to Coexistence: Ideology and Antiquarian Intent in the Historiography of Israel’s Settlement in Canaan (Brill, 2011).

Gert Kwakkel Ph.D. (2001), University of Groningen, is Professor of Old Testament at the Theological University Kampen and Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at the Faculté Jean Calvin, Aix-en-Provence. He is author of According to my Righteousness: Upright Behaviour as Grounds for Deliverance in Psalms 7, 17, 18, 26, and 44 (Brill, 2002).

Wolter H. Rose D.Phil. (1997), Oxford University, is Senior Lecturer of Semitic Languages and Cultures at the Theological University Kampen, and Lecturer of Hebrew at the University of Groningen. He is author of Zemah and Zerubbabel: Messianic Expectations in the Early Postexilic Period (2000).