From Ancient Manuscripts to Modern Dictionaries: Select Studies in Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek (Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Lanuages)

These articles on Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek lexicography have arisen from papers presented at the International Syriac Language Project's 14th International Conference in St. Petersburg in 2014. Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations Introduction Part 1: Aramaic Studies What to Do About Citing Ambiguity in a Corpus-Specific Lexicon The Jewish Recension of a Syriac Version of Aesop’s Fables Syriac Manuscripts from Turfan: Public Worship and Private Devotion Greek Imperatives and Corresponding Expressions in Christian Palestinian Aramaic Reading the Bible with the Taḥtāyā ḏa-Ṯlāṯā A New Mandaic Dictionary: Challenges, Accomplishments, and Prospects Qlido d-Leshono—Key of Language: A Comprehensive Syriac Lexicon by Abbot Yuyakim of Tur Islo Psalm 2 in Syriac: Issues of Text and Language Part 2: Hebrew Studies A Few Notes concerning the Reading of הסירותי in the Great Isaiah Scroll (Isa 50:6b) Cognitive Methodology in the Study of an Ancient Language: Impediments and Possibilities Towards a Science of Comparative Classical Hebrew Lexicography On Dating Biblical Hebrew Texts: Sources of Uncertainty / Analytic Options A Re-Examination of Grammatical Categorization in Biblical Hebrew Internationalisms in the Hebrew Press 1860s-1910s as a Means of Language Modernization Part 3: Greek Studies Preventing Drunkenness in the Christian Gathering: Hints from the Graeco- Roman World and the New Testament Basileia or Imperium? Rome and the Rhetoric of Resistance in the Revelation to John The Birth of European Linguistic Theory: The Idea of Language in the Sophists Amazement, Fear and Being Troubled in Responses in Gospel Miracle Stories: Establishing the Semantic Contours of the Terms and their Interrelations The Ass and the Lyre: On a Greek Proverb Constituent Order in and Usages of εἰμί – Participle Combinations in the Synoptics and Acts Redundancy, Discontinuity and Delimitation in the Epistle of James An Examination of Metarepresentation as an Essential Feature of Written and Oral Communication Prayer and the Papyri at Oxyrhynchus The Lexicographic Editor and the Problem of Consistency "These articles on Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek lexicography have arisen from papers presented at the International Syriac Language Project's 14th International Conference in St. Petersburg in 2014"-- Provided by publisher