The Days of Our Years A Lexical Semantic Study of the Life Cycle in Biblical Israel

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ISBN: 9780567025036 | 0567025039
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Copyright: 4/14/2011

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This study is an investigation into the lexical meanings of Hebrew terms for the human life cycle in the Old Testament. The investigation differs from previous studies in that the terms are studied from the perspective of a specific semantic domain (age) and not in isolation from each other. In addition, other modern linguistic approaches are applies, including syntagmatic and paradigmatic analysis.

Abbreviations	p. x
Illustrations	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xiv
Introduction	p. xvi
The Quest for the Meaning of Words	p. 1
The Greek Debate on the Nature of Meaning	p. 1
Early Lexicography	p. 2
The Medieval Jewish Grammarians and Lexicographers	p. 3
The Development of the Comparative Method	p. 9
The Comparative-Historical Method	p. 11
The Modern Linguistic Period	p. 12
The State of Biblical Lexicography Today	p. 18
Hebrew Lexicography Goes Digital	p. 21
The Contributions of Modern Linguistics	p. 22
The Shift Away from Etymology	p. 22
The Problem of Grundbedeutung	p. 22
The Distinction between Sign, Sense, and Reference	p. 23
The Shift Away from the Focus on Words Only	p. 24
The Shift Away from Glosses	p. 25
Better Classifications of Meanings	p. 25
Semantic Domain Study	p. 26
The Limitations of Modern Linguistics	p. 26
The Limited Corpus of the Hebrew Bible	p. 26
Biblical Hebrew as a Dead Language	p. 27
The Problem of Hapax Legomena	p. 27
The Problem of the Hebrew Bible and Its Composition	p. 27
The Practical Limitations of Semantic Study	p. 28
Etymology and Comparative-Historical Study Still Needed	p. 29
The Approach of This Study	p. 30
The Life Cycle in Ancient Israel	p. 33
Realia	p. 33
Life Expectancy in the Ancient Near East	p. 35
The Life Cycle in the Ancient Near East	p. 44
The Life Cycle in Ancient Greece	p. 50
The Life Cycle in Ancient Israel	p. 52
Semantic Study of Hebrew Terms for the Young	p. 58
The Terminology of the Young	p. 58
Semantic Study of	p. 59
History of Research	p. 59
Occurrences in the Hebrew Bible	p. 63
as ôservantö	p. 64
as ôboy, lad, youthö	p. 71
Semotactic Observations on	p. 78
Conclusion	p. 80
Semantic Study of	p. 84
Semantic Study of	p. 89
Semantic Study of Hebrew Terms for the Mature	p. 95
The Terminology of the Mature	p. 95
Semantic Study of	p. 97
Semantic Study of	p. 102
Semantic Study of	p. 108
Semantic Study of Hebrew Terms for the Aged	p. 114
The Terminology of the Aged	p. 114
Semantic Study of	p. 114
Semantic Study of Expressions Using	p. 118
Semantic Study of	p. 120
The Life Cycle of the Aged	p. 122
Conclusion	p. 124
Lessons in Lexical Semantics	p. 124
Lessons in Lexicography	p. 124
Lessons on the Life Cycle	p. 126
Appendix	p. 128
Glossary	p. 148
Chapter Bibliographies	p. 152
Subject Bibliography	p. 157
General	p. 157
Dictionaries, Lexicons, Theological Wordbooks, and Lexical Tools	p. 157
Linguistics, Lexical Semantics, and Lexicography	p. 158
Works Related to the Life Cycle and Studies of Individual Terms	p. 161
Semantic Domain Studies	p. 163
Index of Biblical and Extrabiblical References	p. 165
Subject Index	p. 170
Author Index	p. 173
Index of Greek Words	p. 175
Index of Hebrew Words	p. 176
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The Days of Our Years A Lexical Semantic Study of the Life Cycle in Biblical Israel

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