The Word 'Hesed' in the Hebrew Bible

Klappentext This impressive semantic study! with a useful glossary of special and technical terms! develops an original methodology! bringing new insights into the meaning of a much-discussed word. Working with an immense amount of data! obtained by examining every occurrence in the Hebrew Bible of 35 field elements! the author achieves a new degree of semantic refinement based on meticulous quantitative analysis of distribution! collocations! parallels and syntagms. Sense-relations are formulated between hesed and other related terms. This study provides much material for a better understanding of this crucial term for Hebrew thought! and also makes an important theoretical contribution to Hebrew lexicography. Zusammenfassung This impressive semantic study! with a useful glossary of special and technical terms! develops an original methodology! bringing new insights into the meaning of a much-discussed word. Working with an immense amount of data! obtained by examining every occurrence in the Hebrew Bible of 35 field elements! the author achieves a new degree of semantic refinement based on meticulous quantitative analysis of distribution! collocations! parallels and syntagms. Sense-relations are formulated between hesed and other related terms. This study provides much material for a better understanding of this crucial term for Hebrew thought! and also makes an important theoretical contribution to Hebrew lexicography.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gordon R Clark, Gordon R. Clark
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.1993
• EAN: 9781850754084
• ISBN: 978-1-85075-408-4
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement S.
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie