The Significance of Linguistic Diversity in the Hebrew Bible

Language and Boundaries of Self and Other
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-16-159324-6
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, fadengeheftete Broschur, Format (B × H): 232 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 546 g

Reihe: Forschungen zum Alten Testament : 2. Reihe

Cian Power untersucht die Vorstellungen über die sprachliche Vielfalt in der Hebräischen Bibel, einschließlich des Hebräischen und anderer alter Sprachen wie Aramäisch. Er argumentiert, dass die verschiedenen Vorstellungen mit historischen Veränderungen verbunden sind und ein Interesse an ethnischen, religiösen und anderen Grenzen zeigen.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Power, Cian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: The Language of Languages in the Hebrew Bible
2.1 Words Meaning "A Language" in the Hebrew Bible
2.2 Naming Languages: Glottonymy in the Hebrew Bible
2.3 Expressing Foreign Language: ???, "Speaking Unintelligibly" (Ps 114)
2.4 Chapter Summary

Chapter 3: The Past and Future of Linguistic Diversity
3.1 The Origins of Linguistic Diversity
3.2 The Future of Language: The Religious Community of Yahweh
3.3 A Divine Language? The Unknown Speech of Ps 81:6
3.4 Chapter Summary

Chapter 4: The Representation of Linguistic Difference through Style-Switching
4.1 Style and Switching in Sociolinguistics
4.2 Style-Switching in the Hebrew Bible to Represent Linguistic Difference
4.3 Case Studies
4.4 Style-Switching and the Conceptualization of Linguistic Diversity
4.5 Chapter Summary

Chapter 5: Code-Switching: Jeremiah's Message to the Idolaters and the Rabshakeh Episode
5.1 Jeremiah 10:11: An Aramaic Message for Idolaters
5.2 Aramaic and Judaean in the Speech of the Rabshakeh (2 Kgs 18//Isa 36)
5.3 Sennacherib's Message in 2 Chronicles 32
5.4 Chapter Summary

Chapter 6: The Invasion of the Alloglot Nation
6.1 Jer 5:15
6.2 Deut 28:49
6.3 Isa 28:11
6.4 Isa 33:19
6.5 Ezek 3:5-6
6.6 The Alloglot-Invader Theme in Narrative? The Case of the Rabshakeh
6.7 Dynamics of the Alloglot-Invader Theme
6.8. History of the Tradition
6.9 Barbarity
6.10 Chapter Summary

Chapter 7: Translation, Bilingualism, and Normative Language Ideology in the Books of Esther, Daniel, and Ezra-Nehemiah
7.1 High Relative Frequency of References to Linguistic Diversity
7.2 Translation and Interpretation
7.3 Bilingualism in Daniel and Ezra
7.4 Normative Language Ideology
7.5 Chapter Summary

Chapter 8: Conclusion
8.1 Review
8.2 Diachronic Considerations
8.3 The Encounter with Empire
8.4 The Biblical Authors' Understanding of Their Own Language
8.5 Avenues for Future Research

Über Autor(innen)

Power, Cian
Born 1987; 2015 PhD, Harvard University; 2016-18 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Uppsala University; currently lecturer in Ancient Hebrew Language at the Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Oxford.