Layton, Scott C.,  1953- <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/> Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Chicago, 1987). 
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<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781555405037 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>90041663 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Names in the Bible.<br/>Names, Personal--Canaanite.<br/>Canaanite language--Inflection.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Canaanite language  Inflection Names in the Bible Names, Personal  Canaanite 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Reference.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1199.L429.A734 1990 BS1199