In contrast to previous scholarship which has approached loanwords from etymological and lexicographic perspectives, Jonathan Thambyrajah considers them not only as data but as rhetorical elements of the literary texts of which they are a part. In the book, he explains why certain biblical texts strongly prefer to use loanwords whereas others have few. In order to explore this, he studies the loanwords of Esther, Daniel, Ezra and Exodus, considering their impact on audiences and readers. He also analyzes and evaluates the many proposed loan hypotheses in Biblical Hebrew and proposes further or different hypotheses.
Loanwords have the potential to carry associations with its culture of origin, and as such are ideal rhetorical tools for shaping a text's audience's view of the nations around them and their own nation. Thambyrajah also focuses on this phenomenon, looking at the court tales in Esther and Daniel, the correspondence in the Hebrew and Aramaic sections of Ezra 1–7, and the accounts of building the tabernacle in Exodus, and paying close attention to how these texts present ethnicity.
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Loanwords in Biblical Literature
Rhetorical Studies in Esther, Daniel, Ezra and Exodus
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Loanwords in Biblical Literature
Rhetorical Studies in Esther, Daniel, Ezra and Exodus
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Loanwords
- 3 Text Analysis – Loanwords as a Means for Group Maintenance
- Conclusions
- Appendix One: Root Constraints and the Shared Vocabulary of Aramaic and Hebrew
- Appendix Two: Lists and Distribution of Loanwords and Foreign Names in Esther
- Appendix Three:Lists and Distribution of Loanwords in Daniel
- Appendix Four:Lists and Distribution of Loanwords in Ezra 1–7
- Appendix Five:Lists and Distribution of Loanwords in Exodus 25–40
- Appendix Six:An Outline of Linguistic Change in Aramaic and Akkadian
- Bibliography
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Biblical Passages
- Index of Non-Biblical Ancient Sources
- Index of Loanwords in Esther, Daniel, Ezra 1–7 and Exodus 25–40
- Index of Words from Ancient Languages
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