Archaic features of Canaanite personal names in the Hebrew Bible /

Layton, Scott C., 1953-

Archaic features of Canaanite personal names in the Hebrew Bible / [print] Scott C. Layton. - Atlanta, Georgia : Scholars Press, (c)1990. - xiii, 299 pages ; 22 cm. - Harvard Semitic monographs ; no. 47 9781555405037. . - Harvard Semitic monographs ; no. 47. .

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Chicago, 1987).



Introduction -- Language, proper names, and archaic features -- Language and proper names -- Proper names and archaic features -- Archaic features and Semitic proper names -- Methodology -- Scope and format of study -- On the separation of Canaanite PNN from other PNN -- On the nature of linguistic evidence in the text of the Hebrew Bible -- On the detection of Archaic morphological features -- On the interpretation of Canaanite PNN -- Sources for the study of West Semitic PNN -- Alphabetic, syllabic, cuneiform, and hieroglyphic scripts -- Early west Semitic PNN ( second millennium B.C. and earlier) -- Late west Semitic PNN (first millennium B.C. and later) -- The nominative case ending -u -- Early West Semitic -- Canaanite -- Canaanite PNN in the Hebrew Bible -- Probable examples -- Dubious examples -- Medial u -- Final u -- Final o -- Non-Canaanite example -- Late West Semitic PNN (extrabiblical) -- Summary. -- The hireq compaginis -- Early West Semitic -- Canaanite -- Canaanite PNN in the Hebrew bible -- On the detection of the h.c. in Canaanite PNN -- Probable examples -- Ambiguous examples -- Dubious examples -- Non-Canaanite examples -- Probable example -- Ambiguous example -- Compound PNN formed with Kinship terms -- Late West Semitic PNN (extrabiblical) -- Summary. -- Mimation and enclitic -m -- Early West Semitic -- Canaanite -- Canaanite PNN in the Hebrew Bible -- Probable example -- Dubious examples -- Non-Canaanite examples -- Probable example -- Dubious examples -- Late West Semitic PNN (extrabiblical) -- Summary. -- The feminine morpheme 'at -- Early West Semitic -- Canaanite -- Canaanite PNN in the Hebrew Bible -- Probable example -- Dubious examples -- Late West Semitic PNN (extrabiblical) -- Summary. -- Conclusions -- The nominative case vowel -u -- The hireq compaginis -- Enclitic -m -- The feminine morpheme -at -- Synthesis.



9781555405037

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Names in the Bible.
Names, Personal--Canaanite.
Canaanite language--Inflection.

Canaanite language Inflection Names in the Bible Names, Personal Canaanite


Reference.

BS1199.L429.A734 1990 BS1199