Hebrew Lexical Semantics and Daily Life in Ancient Israel

Kurtis Peters

ISBN 10: 9004322450 / ISBN 13: 9789004322455

Published by Brill, NL, 2016

About this Item

In Hebrew Lexical Semantics and Daily Life in Ancient Israel, Kurtis Peters hitches the world of Biblical Studies to that of modern linguistic research. Often the insights of linguistics do not appear in the study of Biblical Hebrew, and if they do, the theory remains esoteric.Peters finds a way to maintain linguistic integrity and yet simplify cognitive linguistic methods to provide non-specialists an access point. By employing a cognitive approach one can coordinate the world of the biblical text with the world of its surroundings. The language of cooking affords such a possibility - Peters evaluates not only the words or lexemes related to cooking in the Hebrew Bible, but also the world of cooking as excavated by archaeology.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hebrew Lexical Semantics and Daily Life in Ancient Israel
• Publisher: Brill, NL
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004322450
• ISBN 13: 9789004322455
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 15.5W x 1.9H x 23.5D centimeters 15.5 centimeters width by 1.9 centimeters height by 23.5 centimeters depth
• Weight: 512 grams

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Synopsis

In Hebrew Lexical Semantics and Daily Life in Ancient Israel, Kurtis Peters hitches the world of Biblical Studies to that of modern linguistic research. Often the insights of linguistics do not appear in the study of Biblical Hebrew, and if they do, the theory remains esoteric.

Peters finds a way to maintain linguistic integrity and yet simplify cognitive linguistic methods to provide non-specialists an access point. By employing a cognitive approach one can coordinate the world of the biblical text with the world of its surroundings. The language of cooking affords such a possibility – Peters evaluates not only the words or lexemes related to cooking in the Hebrew Bible, but also the world of cooking as excavated by archaeology.

About the Author

Kurtis Peters, Ph.D. (2014), University of Edinburgh, teaches Hebrew Bible and Biblical Hebrew language at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.