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Non-Semitic Loanwords in the Hebrew Bible

A Lexicon of Language Contact
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An analysis of the Hebrew Bible’s non-Semitic terminology, providing insight into foreign contact in ancient Israel.


List of Tables

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

List of Entries

1. Introduction

1.1 History of Research

1.2 Corpus and Parameters of This Study

1.3 Terminology

1.4 Identifying Loanwords

1.5 Mechanisms of Borrowing

1.6 Loanwords as Cultural Symbols

1.7 Conclusion

2. Non-Semitic Contact in Ancient Palestine

2.1 The Egyptians

2.2 The Greeks

2.3 The Hittites and Luvians

2.4 The Hurrians

2.5 The Indo-Aryans

2.6 The Iranians

2.7 Conclusion

3. Non-Semitic Loanwords in the Hebrew Bible

4.Quantitative Analysis

4.1 Methodology and Terminology

4.2 General Distribution of the Hebrew Bible’s Loanwords

4.3 Loanwords and the Hebrew Bible’s Canonical Divisions

4.4 Loanwords and the Hebrew Bible’s Source-Critical Divisions

4.5 Loanwords and the Hebrew Bible’s Typological Divisions

4.6 Loanwords and Parts of Speech

4.7 Loanwords and Domain of Use

5.LinguisticAnalysis

5.1 Phonology

5.2 Orthography

5.3Morphology

6. Evidence for Dialect of Origin and Date of Borrowing

6.1 Egyptian

6.2 Greek

6.3 Hittite and Luvian

6.4 Hurrian

6.5 Old Indic

6.6 Old Iranian

6.7 Synthesis

Chapter 7. Non-Semitic Loanwords as Evidence for Foreign Contact in Ancient Palestine

7.1 The Egyptians

7.2 The Greeks

7.3 The Hittites and Luvians

7.4 The Hurrians

7.5 The Indo-Aryans

7.6 The Iranians

Epilogue

Appendix: Words Incorrectly Identi ed as Non-Semitic Loans

Bibliography

Index of Authors

Index of Scripture

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Words


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