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Reflections on lexicography : explorations in ancient Syriac, Hebrew, and Greek sources

Title: Reflections on lexicography : explorations in ancient Syriac, Hebrew, and Greek sources / edited by Richard A. Taylor, Craig E. Morrison.
Author: Society of Biblical Literature. International Meeting.
Publication: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2014.

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xxiii, 382 pages; 27 cm

Summary

"Colloquia of the International Syriac Language Project. The essays collected in this volume probe various linguistic problems, analyze certain lexicographical methods, evaluate selected lexical tools currently available, and set forth descriptions and/or proposals for forthcoming lexical projects. The papers are organized into three groups, depending on their primary language orientation. The first group focuses on selected areas of lexicography for texts written in Classical Syriac. The second group deals with certain areas of semantics and lexicography for Biblical Hebrew. The third group treats aspects of lexical analysis for the Greek New Testament. The common thread that ties the essays together is a focus on lexicography"--

Series Statement

Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages ; 4

Uniform Title

Perspectives on linguistics and ancient languages ; 4.

Subject

Genre/Form

proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Reflections on two articles by Frederick W. Danker: background adn appreciation -- Lexical problems: synonymy and metonymy and related issues -- The Hebrew and the Syriac Copula in Kings -- Lexemes with high risk of infection: methodology for examining low-frequency lexemes -- Remarks on the future of a Syriac lexicon based upon the corpus of philosophical texts -- The inclusion of encyclopedic information in Syriac lexical entries -- A user's view of Michael Sokoloff, ed., A Syriac lexicon: a translation from the Latin: correction, expansion, and update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum (2009) -- Borckelmann in English guise -- Where syntax and semantics intersect: the story of šlḥ -- Hebrew thought and Greek thought in the Septuagint: fifty years after Barr's Semantics -- In 'righteousness' a relational concept in the Hebrew bible? -- Take one Hebrew lexicon, add fresh theology, and mix well: the impact of theology on Hebrew-English lexicons -- A tale of two sitters and a crazy Blue Jay -- How my (Lexicographical) mind has changed, or else remained the same -- A linguistic-cultural approach to alleged Pauline and Lukan Christological disparity -- Contextual Factors in the Greek-Spanish dictionary of the New Testament -- The Greek-Spanish dictionary of the New Testament (DGENT): meaning and translation of the lexemes; some practical examples -- The genitive absolute in discourse: more than a change of subject -- Now and then: clarifying the role of temporal adverbs as discourse markers -- "Therefore" of "wherefore": what's the difference?

ISBN

9781463202293
1463202296

LCCN

2013049266

OCLC

ocn856567473
856567473
SCSB-9753245

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library