Mallephana Rabba : : Aramaic Studies in Honor of Edward M. Cook / / ed. by Stephen Coleman, Andrew Gross.

• MitwirkendeR: . Lund, Jerome A.,; Abegg, Martin G.,; Bernstein, Moshe J.,; Brady, Christian M. M.,; Carver, Daniel E.,; Coleman, Stephen M.,; Fullilove, William,; Gross, Andrew D.,; Kaufman, Stephen A.,; Koller, Aaron,; Lee, Peter Y.,; Li, Tarsee,; Lieber, Laura S.,; Litke, Andrew W.,; Lupu, Alexandra,; Morgenstern, Matthew,; Talia, Shawqi N.,; Wise, Michael Owen,
• HerausgeberIn: Coleman, Stephen,; Gross, Andrew,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Perspectives on Linguistics and Ancient Languages ; 15
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (445 p.)

This volume of essays honors Edward M. Cook, Ordinary Professor of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures at The Catholic University of America. Cook is a leading figure in the vibrant and far-reaching field of Aramaic studies, and the essays reflect his range of interests, with lexical, lin...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• ABBREVIATIONS
• EDWARD M. COOK: AN APPRECIATION
• PUBLICATIONS OF EDWARD M. COOK
• INSCRIPTIONS AND EPIGRAPHIC MATERIAL
• The Advent of Definiteness Marking in Aramaic
• LEGAL METAPHORS IN ARAMAIC
• DANIEL AND TEXTS FROM THE JUDEAN DESERT
• The Semantics and Functions of a Visionary Formulaic Construction in Biblical and Qumran Aramai
• THE PREFIX CONJUGATION IN DANIEL REVISITED
• WHEN TIME IS NOT MONEY: A COGNITIVE-LINGUISTIC APPROACH TO עדנא IN DANIEL 2.8
• REMARKS ON SOME RECIPROCAL AND DISTRIBUTIVE EXPRESSIONS IN THE SCROLLS FROM QUMRAN
• THE PRAYER OF NABONIDUS AND LOST BOOKS: RECONSTRUCTING THE ARAMAIC LIBRARY OF THE PERSIAN PERIOD
• SURVEY OF THE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE ‘SON OF GOD’ IN 4Q246
• THE CASE OF THE REQUISITIONED COW: A NEW STUDY OF MUR 42
• ARAMAIC TRANSLATIONS OF SCRIPTURE
• The Relationship Between Lamentations 1.15, Isaiah 63.3, Joel 3.13, and Their Targumim
• GLEANINGS FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE ARAMAIC LEXICON III: TARGUMIC NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND - א
• SOME ARCHAISMS IN TARGUM SONG OF SONGS AND LATE JEWISH LITERARY ARAMAIC
• SOME TRANSLATION FEATURES IN THE HARQLEAN VERSION OF FIRST PETER
• THE SEMANTICS OF THE D STEM IN THE SYRIAC OF THE PESHITTA
• POETRY AND PRAYERS
• An Aramaic Poem for Purim, but It’s Not About Purim!
• SPIRITUAL BUT NOT RELIGIOUS: FORM AND FUNCTION IN A SAMARITAN ARAMAIC POEM
• LITURGICAL TEXT OR MAGICAL TEXT? A MANDAEAN APOTROPAIC PRAYER
• EPILOGUE
• Zummarta d-Piṣxūtā, A Song of Joy