Archaic features of Canaanite personal names in the Hebrew Bible / Scott C. Layton. [print]

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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.