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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2015
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| Dans: |
Vetus Testamentum
Année: 2015, Volume: 65, Numéro: 1, Pages: 152-167 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Bibel. Altes Testament
/ Hébreu
/ Vieux perse
/ Emprunt
/ Histoire 550 avant J.-C.-330 avant J.-C.
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| RelBib Classification: | HB Ancien Testament TC Époque pré-chrétienne |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Late Biblical Hebrew
language contact
linguistic dating
Persian period
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| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (Verlag) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | 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 Achaemenid period beginning under Artaxerxes i, before proposing the existence of two Old Persian calques in Biblical Hebrew. The distribution of these Old Persian loanwords and calques strengthens the case for distinguishing between Late Biblical Hebrew and Classical Biblical Hebrew on linguistic grounds. With one exception, these features cluster in well-known Late Biblical Hebrew texts. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5330 |
| Contient: | In: Vetus Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685330-12301191 |