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Subject(s)

• Colors in the Bible [Browse]
• Color—Terminology [Browse]
• Bible O.T.—Criticism, interpretation, etc [Browse]

Series

• Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 21. [More in this series]
• Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 21 [More in this series]

Summary note

The OT semantic field of 'colour' is presented as a coherent, interdependent, and graded linguistic structure. The relevant lexical items are organized under the following categories: primary (basic) terms; secondary and tertiary terms; terms for pigments, dyes, painting and paints; and terms for stains, speckles, and other phenomena related to colour. Proper names, and names of objects which carry 'colour' associations are discussed as well. Many OT texts are discussed in detail. Finally, the OT colour field is compared to its Mishnaic Hebrew counterpart, and an Appendix dealing with the rene

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Source of description

Description based upon print version of record.

Language note

English

Contents

Table of Contents; Foreword; I. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND METHODOLOGY; II. BIBLICAL COLOUR TERMS; III. COLOUR TERMS IN MH; IV. SUMMARY; V. SOME REMARKS ON COLOUR TERMS IN MODERN SPOKEN HEBREW; VI. NOTES; VII. BIBLIOGRAPHY; ABBREVIATIONS; INDEX

ISBN

• 9786611802448
• 9781281802446
• 1281802441
• 9780567078315
• 0567078310

OCLC

• 276348495
• 893334051

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