Search for dissertations about: "Hebrew Aramaic"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Hebrew Aramaic.

  2. 1. Hendiadys in the Hebrew Bible, An Investigation of the Applications of the Term

    Author : Rosmari Lillas; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; hendiadys; rhetorical figures; classical languages; Virgil; Servius; Hebrew Bible; Aramaic; Latin; Greek; semantics; pragmatics; idioms; semantic fields; antonyms; synonyms; adverbial modifiers; incongruence; Arabic; Akkadian; inalienability;

    Abstract : It is evident that the term hendiadys, which is derived from the classical rhetorial tradition has for hundred of years been frequently applied to constructions and combinations of components in the Hebrew Bible. This study investigates on which constructions and components in the Hebrew Bible that the term hendiadys is applied to, and hence which phenomena that induces the use of the term. READ MORE

  4. 2. The History of Standard Negation in Semitic

    Author : Ambjörn Sjörs; Bo Isaksson; John Huehnergard; Geoffrey Khan; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; negation; Semitic; linguistics; grammaticalization; diachrony; comparative; Akkadian; Assyrian; Babylonian; Ugaritic; Biblical Hebrew; Arabic; Phoenician; Aramaic; Sabaic; Minaic; Jibbali; Tigre; Tigrinya; Amharic; Harari; Gurage; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

    Abstract : This thesis provides a synchronic description of verbal negation in over fifteen Semitic languages and a historical assessment of these expressions. The objectives are to describe the expression of standard negation in these languages, to compare these negative clauses with their affirmative counterparts as well as  expressions of non-standard negation, and to relate historically the negative expressions of different languages. READ MORE

  5. 3. Crucifixion in Antiquity : An Inquiry into the Background of the New Testament Terminology of Crucifixion

    Author : Gunnar Samuelsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; crucifixion; cross; death of Jesus; Bible; New Testament; church; Christianity; philology; semantics; Jesus; execution; death sentence; impaling; suspension punishment; Golgotha; Calvary; ancient language; classical languages; Classical Greek; Latin; Hebrew Aramaic; ancient Greece; Roman empire; Roman world; Jerusalem;

    Abstract : This study investigates the philological aspects of how ancient Greek, Latin and Hebrew/Aramaic texts, including the New Testament, depict the practice of punishment by crucifixion. A survey of the ancient text material shows that there has been a too narrow view of the “crucifixion” terminology. READ MORE