Search for dissertations about: "hebrew"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the word hebrew.

  2. 1. A synchronic approach to the Serek ha-Yahad (1QS) : from text to social and cultural context

    Author : Kamilla Skarström Hinojosa; Mikael Winninge; Jutta Jokiranta; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; 1QS; Serek ha-Yahad; Serekh; Yahad; Text linguistics; synchronic; Qumran; Dead Sea Scrolls; Rule texts; René Girard; Scapegoat; social context; cultural context; Hebrew; Second Temple; hierarchy; mimetic violence; discourse analysis; discourse; serek; serekh; covenant; truth; falsehood; text; Micah 6:8; wilderness; community; messianic; law; atone; judge; intertextuality; allusions; quote; echo; intertext; apocalyptic; Hebrew bible.; gamla testamentets exegetik; Old Testament Exegesis;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate the social and cultural contexts of 1QS (Serek ha-Yahad) by means of a textual study. The analysis of the text is performed in a synchronic perspective. This means that lexical choices, grammatical forms, references, topics, themes, and intertextuality are analyzed text-internally. READ MORE

  4. 2. A War of Words

    Author : Torkel Lindquist; Witold ´Witakowski; Bo Isaksson; Ilan Pappé; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Semitic languages - general; terrorism; War on terrorism; defining terrorism; Arabic; Hebrew; terminology of violence; semantics; pragmatics; propaganda; 11 9; ‘the other’; ‘the enemy’; massmedia; press; Israeli press; Arab press; political discourse; extracting a definition from media; Semitiska språk - allmänt; Semitic languages; Semitiska språk; semitiska språk; Semitic Languages;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to come to an understanding of the meanings of words pertaining to acts of political violence in modern Arabic and Hebrew. The semantics of these terms will be established by comparison between the meaning in dictionaries of modern and classical Arabic and Hebrew, the meaning in the Koran and the Bible as well as the meaning we extract from the context in the newspapers where the terminology is found. READ MORE

  5. 3. Temporality and the Semantics of the Biblical Hebrew Verbal System

    Author : Ulf Bergström; Göran Eidevall; Sören Holst; John A. Cook; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Biblical Hebrew; semantics; temporality; verb; aspect; tense; progressive; resultative; semiotics; Old Testament Exegesis; Gamla testamentets exegetik;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the semantic factors behind the temporal meanings of the Biblical Hebrew (BH) verbal forms. Four different forms are studied, viz. qotel, yiqtol-L, qatal, and yiqtol-S. READ MORE

  6. 4. 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

  7. 5. A War of Words: defining Terrorism in Arab and Israeli Press 1972-1996 (2001) : a Study in Propaganda, Semantics and Pragmatics

    Author : Torkel Lindquist; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : Arabic; Hebrew; Media; Torah; Koran; Semantics; Terrorism; Propaganda; Pragmatics;

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