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Subject(s)

• Breastplate of the High Priest [Browse]
• Gems—Religious aspects—Judaism [Browse]
• Hebrew language—Foreign words and phrases [Browse]
• Minerals in the Bible [Browse]
• Bible Old Testament—Terminology [Browse]

Series

• Ancient languages and civilizations ; Volume 7. [More in this series]
• Ancient Languages and Civilizations Series ; Volume 7

Summary note

The identities of the stones mentioned in the Hebrew Bible have remained a problem for millennia. Instead of relying on ancient translations, this study synthesizes comparative linguistics with the archeogemological corpus to resolve their identities.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

• Front Cover
• ‎Half-Title Page
• ‎Series Title Page
• ‎Title Page
• ‎Copyright Page
• ‎Contents
• ‎Acknowledgements
• ‎Chapter 1. Introduction
• ‎1. Methodology
• ‎1.1. Practical Considerations
• ‎1.1.1. Pre-internet Research Limitations
• ‎1.1.2. Poor Bibliography
• ‎1.1.3. Linguistic Barrier
• ‎1.2. Textual Considerations
• ‎1.2.1. Translation Biases and Issues
• ‎1.2.2. Biblical-Internal
• ‎1.2.3. Ancient Textual Sources
• ‎1.3. Material Considerations
• ‎1.3.1. Physical
• ‎1.3.2. Archeological
• ‎1.4. Linguistic Considerations
• ‎1.4.1. Accurate Translations
• ‎1.4.2. Etymological Fallacy
• ‎1.4.3. Direct Corroboration
• ‎1.4.4. Etymology
• ‎1.5. Deductive Reasoning
• ‎2. Terminology/Scope
• ‎3. Limitations/Preface
• ‎Chapter 2. The Ḥōšen-Priestly Breastplate
• ‎Chapter 3. ‮אֹדֶם‬‎ ʾōḏem-Carnelian
• ‎1. Defining Carnelian
• ‎Chapter 4. ‮ ִטְדָה‬‎ Piṭḏā-Peridot
• ‎1. False Etymologies
• ‎2. Reexamining an Old Connection
• ‎3. Identity
• ‎Chapter 5. ‮ ָרֶקֶת‬‎ Bāreḳeṯ-Green Jasper
• ‎1. Medieval Identifications
• ‎1.1. Problematic Identification with Emerald
• ‎2. Previous Etymologies
• ‎3. Cognates
• ‎3.1. Greek
• ‎3.2. Aramaic
• ‎3.3. Akkadian-Neo-Babylonian
• ‎3.4. Akkadian-Old through Neo-Babylonian
• ‎3.5. Ancient Egyptian
• ‎3.6. Ugaritic
• ‎3.7. Eblaite
• ‎4. A Semitic Etymology
• ‎5. Possible Identities
• ‎5.1. Greco-Phoenician Σμάραγδος Smaragdos Baetyl
• ‎5.2. Timna
• ‎6. Putting the Data Together
• ‎Chapter 6. ‮נֹפֶךְ‬‎ Nōp̄eḵ-Turquoise
• ‎1. Derivation from Egyptian mfk t
• ‎2. Semantics
• ‎3. ‮ ךְ‬‎ Pūḵ
• ‎Chapter 7. ‮סַ ִיר‬‎ Sappīr-Lapis Lazuli
• ‎1. The Biblical Sources
• ‎2. Greco-Roman Sources for Σάπφειρος Sappheiros
• ‎3. The Supposed Indian Origin
• ‎4. Marginal Cognates
• ‎5. Akkadian Analogue and a Revised Etymology
• ‎Chapter 8. ‮יָהֲלֹם‬‎ Yāhălōm.
• ‎Chapter 9. ‮לֶ ֶם‬‎ Lešem-Amazonite
• ‎Chapter 10. ‮ ְבוֹ‬‎ Šəḇō-Agate
• ‎Chapter 11. ‮אַחְלָמָה‬‎ ʾaḥlāmā-Red Jasper
• ‎1. Phonology
• ‎2. Ancient Translations
• ‎Chapter 12. ‮ ַרְ ִי ‬‎ Taršīš-Amber
• ‎1. Internal Evidence for the Color of Taršīš-Stone
• ‎2. Tars̆īs̆ = Tartessos = A Stone from Tartessos
• ‎3. Applying the Philological Method
• ‎4. Other Previous Views
• ‎5. Conclusion
• ‎Chapter 13. ‮ ֹהַם‬‎ Šōham-Onyx
• ‎1. The Location of ‮חֲוִילָה‬‎ Ḥăwīlā
• ‎2. Terminological Issues concerning Onyx
• ‎3. Chalcedony Onyx in Arabia
• ‎4. The Egyptian Word for Onyx
• ‎5. Towards an Etymology
• ‎6. New Biblical Interpretations
• ‎Chapter 14. ‮יָ ְפֶה‬‎ Yošp̄e-Blue Chalcedony
• ‎1. Cognates
• ‎2. Yaspids in Greek and Mesopotamian Sources
• ‎3. The Elamite Yašpu
• ‎4. Breaking My Rules
• ‎5. Cultural Realia, Geography, Mythology-Towards an Etymology
• ‎6. Conclusion
• ‎Chapter 15. ‮ ָמִיר‬‎ Šāmīr-Emery
• ‎2. The Etymology of ‮ ָמִיר‬‎ Šāmīr
• ‎2.1. The Syrian Source
• ‎2.2. An Anatolian Source and Etymology
• ‎3. The Shamir Worm
• ‎Chapter 16. ‮ ָבִי ‬‎ Gāḇīš &
• ‮אֶלְ ָבִי ‬‎ ʾelgāḇīš-Crystal Quartz, Gypsum &
• Hail
• ‎1. Previous Hypotheses
• ‎2. Phonological Analysis
• ‎3. Hebrew Sources for ‮אֶלְ ָבִי ‬‎ ʾelgāḇīš
• ‎4. On ‮ ָבִי ‬‎ Gāḇīš
• ‎5. History in Other Languages
• ‎6. Semantics
• ‎Chapter 17. ‮ ַדְ ֹד‬‎ Kadkōḏ &
• ‮אֶקְ ָח‬‎ ʾeḳdāḥ-Garnet
• ‎1. ‮ ַדְ ֹד‬‎ Kadkōḏ
• ‎2. ‮אֶקְ ָח‬‎ ʾeḳdāḥ
• ‎3. Greek Ἄνθραξ Anthrax and Latin Carbunculus
• ‎4. Ugaritic Pḥm and Akkadian Pēndȗ
• ‎5. Historiography
• ‎Chapter 18. ‮צֹר‬‎ Ṣōr &
• ‮חַ ָמִי ‬‎ Ḥallāmīš-Flint/Obsidian
• ‎1. ‮צֹר‬‎ Ṣōr
• ‎1.1. ‮צֹר‬‎ Ṣōr as 'Rock Crystal'?
• ‎2. ‮חַ ָמִי ‬‎ Ḥallāmīš
• ‎2.1. Arabic
• ‎2.2. Greek
• ‎2.3. Akkadian
• ‎2.4. Ultimate Source.
• ‎3. Afterword: Implications for the Reconstruction of Ancient Egyptian Phonology
• ‎4. Harmonizing the Data
• ‎Chapter 19. ‮ ַיִ ‬‎/‮ ֵ ‬‎ Šayiš/Šēš &
• ‮ ִר‬‎ Gir-Limestone
• ‎1. ‮ ַיִ ‬‎/‮ ֵ ‬‎ Šayiš/Šēš
• ‎2. ‮ ִר‬‎ Gir
• ‎3. Afterword
• ‎Chapter 20. Other Classical Hebrew Lithonyms
• ‎1. ‮ ַהַט‬‎ Bahaṭ
• ‎2. ‮ ֹחַן‬‎ Bōḥan
• ‎3. ‮ ָפְרִית‬‎ Gop̄rīt̠
• ‎4. ‮ ַר‬‎ Dar
• ‎5. ‮מֶלַח‬‎ Melaḥ
• ‎6. ‮נֶתֶר‬‎ Neṯer
• ‎7. ‮ ָ ַר‬‎ Shāshar
• ‎Chapter 21. Final Analysis
• ‎1. Patterns in Borrowing
• ‎2. Reconsidering the Septuagint and a Potential Pattern
• ‎3. A Theory of the Septuagint
• ‎4. Frontiers for Future Research
• ‎Appendix. Index of Publications concerning Stones in the Bible
• ‎Bibliography
• ‎Index of Foreign Words
• ‎Hebrew
• ‎Akkadian
• ‎Arabic
• ‎Judeo-Arabic
• ‎Aramaic
• ‎Coptic
• ‎Eblaite
• ‎Egyptian
• ‎Elamite
• ‎Ethiopic
• ‎Greek
• ‎Hittite
• ‎Hurrian
• ‎Latin
• ‎Luwian
• ‎Old Nubian
• ‎Old South Arabian
• ‎Old Persian
• ‎Phoenician
• ‎Sanskrit
• ‎Sumerian
• ‎Syriac
• ‎Ugaritic
• ‎Index of Gemstones &
• Minerals
• Back Cover.

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ISBN

90-04-67800-X

OCLC

1455141368

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