Search for dissertations about: "Semitic Languages"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words Semitic Languages.

  2. 6. The Neo-Aramaic dialect of Alqosh

    Author : Eleanor Coghill; Geoffrey Khan; University of Cambridge; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Alqosh; Neo-Aramaic; dialectology; language documentation; endangered languages; Semitic; Aramaic; Iraq; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

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  4. 7. A bridge of words : A term list based on the study and classification of compounding operations in Avot Yeshurun's later poetry (1974-1992) concerning the notion of bayit (home/house)

    Author : Gidon Avraham; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; victim diaspora; correspondence between literary motif and language operation; Språkvetenskap; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Semitic Languages; Semitiska språk;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to establish, describe and present a term list; based upon word level operations of Avot Yeshurun, as used within the framework of a given literary context (metonymy) and adapted by the poet to a given language environment (poems in New Hebrew).Aided by terminological methods of description, a classification of the poet's working terminology is conducted, based upon linguistic and, thematic categories, composed in the light of concept-oriented literary criticism in Israel, the issue of transnationality and the meta-time approach typical of holocaust literature. READ MORE

  5. 8. The Peshitta and the versions : A study of the Peshitta variants in Joshua 1-5 in relation to their equivalents in the ancient versions

    Author : Johann E. Erbes; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; Old Testament; Book of Joshua; Hebrew; Masoretic Text; Peshitta; Syriac manuscripts; Syriac; Targum; Septuagint; Syro-Hexapla; Coptic; Ethiopic; Vulgate; textual criticism; translation technique; Språkvetenskap; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; semitiska språk; Semitic Languages;

    Abstract : The dissertation focuses on the relationship between the Peshitta readings and their equivalent readings in the ancient versions. The purpose of this study is to discover the possible influences of the Masoretic Text on the one hand, and the versions, especially the Septuagint, on the other. The material is too scarce to attempt creating a stemma. READ MORE

  6. 9. "In a common rejoicing" : Liturgical communion with angels in Qumran

    Author : Björn Frennesson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; angels; liturgical communion; liturgy; Qumran texts; temple; Språkvetenskap; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; semitiska språk; Semitic Languages;

    Abstract : The dissertation contains a study of the conception of "liturgical communion with angels"-its prevalence and import-as expressed in the Qumran texts. The writer views these texts as constituting the remains of a "sectarian library", the literary heritage of an exclusive and excluding community, whose self-image would have been characterised by its functioning like the Temple and in the constant presence of God's angels. READ MORE

  7. 10. Sefer Emeq ha-Bakha : The vale of tears : with the chronicle of the anonymous Corrector  / Joseph ha-Kohen ; introd., critical ed

    Author : Karin Almbladh; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Semitic languages; Semitiska språk;

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