From Persepolis to Jerusalem: A Reevaluation of Old Persian-Hebrew Contact in the Achaemenid Period
This paper examines the effects and mechanisms of Old Persian contact on Biblical Hebrew. I first reevaluate the number and distribution of Old Persian loanwords in the Hebrew Bible. Then I demonstrate that there was direct contact between speakers of Old Persian and speakers of Hebrew in the Achaem...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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| In: |
Vetus Testamentum
Year: 2015, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 152-167 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Hebrew language
/ Old Persian language
/ Loanword
/ History 550 BC-330 BC
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| RelBib Classification: | HB Old Testament TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
Late Biblical Hebrew
language contact
linguistic dating
Persian period
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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