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NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion

Page 1. BIBLICAL EXEGESIS & THEOLOGY Page 2. Page 3. THE INTERPRETATION OF EXODUS Th±s One ZA... more Page 1. BIBLICAL EXEGESIS & THEOLOGY Page 2. Page 3. THE INTERPRETATION OF EXODUS Th±s One ZA1K-LUE-W96N Page 4. Page 5. Edited by Riemer Roukema in collaboration with Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte, Klaas ...

Quaerendo, 1986

Publication by subscription is a sales technique developed in England in the seventeenth century.... more Publication by subscription is a sales technique developed in England in the seventeenth century. It was probably not introduced to the German-speaking countries until after 1725. The first hitherto known instances in the Netherlands date from after 1680. The article describes the publication of two linguistic works by Sephardic Jews which are the earliest known examples of works published by subscription in Holland and Germany. The first of the works concerned is the Hebrew Mikhlal Yophi, a commentary on the Bible of which an edition prepared by Jacob Abendana appeared in Amsterdam in 1662. An exchange of letters between Abendana and Antonius Hulsius is indicative of the former's attempts at recruiting subscribers. Abendana's efforts concentrated on Leiden, where in about 1660 he, his brother Isaac and the rabbi David Cohen de Lara, formerly of Hamburg, were living as private Hebrew tutors and booksellers. Abendana used an approbation of his book by the Leiden professors Co...

Машинобудівний прогрес і створення нових важкооброблюваних суперсплавів вимагає від прикладного м... more Машинобудівний прогрес і створення нових важкооброблюваних суперсплавів вимагає від прикладного матеріалознавства постійного пошуку високоефективного різального інструменту, який поєднуватиме в собі значну термічну стійкість та хімічну інертність [1-3]. Серед таких матеріалів добре себе зарекомендували cBN-композити, в яких частка кубічного нітриду бору знаходиться в межах 45-65 % об. Такі керамоматричні форми об'єднують у Ц и т у в а н н я:

In the Shadow of Bezalel. Aramaic, Biblical, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Bezalel Porten, 2012

The Hebrew Bible is undoubtedly a very serious work, or rather a small library of very serious bo... more The Hebrew Bible is undoubtedly a very serious work, or rather a small library of very serious books. This chapter attempts to apply some new insights about language play in the Hebrew Bible to a well-known text, namely David's elegy on the death of his predecessor Saul and Saul's son and David's friend Jonathan. It makes a new attempt to explain the form of the poem, with the help of one general observation about the stories which deal with the beginning of David's career, and of the comparison with some types of language play in biblical Hebrew prose, namely peculiar types of ambiguity, surprise, interruption and the use of the form of language to express the emotions or character of the speaker. The use of strategy reveals David's feelings that turn a rather conventional dirge for the dead king and his son into a personal lament for the lost friend. Keywords:David; Hebrew Bible; Jonathan; Saul; language

Aramaic Studies, 2006

The scribe of the Aramaic family correspondence of the fifth century BCE, which was found in Herm... more The scribe of the Aramaic family correspondence of the fifth century BCE, which was found in Hermopolis in Egypt in 1945, as a kind of language play deliberately presented the same information in these letters in different words, in effect creating parallelisms between the letters and sometimes even within individual letters. In some cases, this observation helps us to find new interpretations of difficult passages in the Hermopolis letters. Such language play is, albeit in different forms, very common in ancient West Semitic texts, both when dealing with mundane and with highly important political and religious subjects.

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2001

The so-called "historical-critical" school that created a universe of its own dubbed "ancient Isr... more The so-called "historical-critical" school that created a universe of its own dubbed "ancient Israel" has dominated the last two hundred years of biblical studies. The texts of the Old Testament-in some circles called "the Hebrew Bible"-were believed to refer to an "ancient Israel" thought to be a historical reality. Already at an early stage of the development of historical-critical methodology scholars accepted that the Old Testament was not simply a history book-or textbook-that told the truth and nothing but the truth about ancient Israel. In accordance with developments within the field of general history this was not considered an insurmountable problem to biblical scholars. Historians began in the early 19th century to develop methods of source criticism that enabled them-or so they believed-to make a distinction between real information and secondary expansion. In the words of the leading historian of this period, Johann Gustav Droysen (1808-84), the historian had to distinguish between "Bericht", that is story or interpretation, and "Überreste", that is, what is left of historical information. In every part of the historical narrative in the Old Testament, it would, according to this view, be possible to make a distinction between information that originates in the past, and additions and commentaries to this information from a later period. 2 2.1 Let me quote as an example of such a source analysis the story about Sennacherib's attack on Jerusalem in 701 B.C.E.: Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which you puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house. At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. (2 Kgs. 18:13-16; KJV)

The Book of Daniel, Volume 2 Composition and Reception, 2001

Vetus Testamentum, 1991