Biblical Hebrew in Context: Historical and Linguistic Perspectives, : Essays in Honour of Professor Jan P. Lettinga.

• Superior document: Oudtestamentische studien ; Volume 74
• Author: Koert van Bekkum; Gert Kwakkel; Wolter H. Rose (Editors)
• TeilnehmendeR: Bekkum, K. van,; Kwakkel, Gert,; Rose, Wolter H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden,, Boston: : Brill,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Oudtestamentische Studiën, Old Testament Studies 74.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 199 pages).

For half a century Jan P. Lettinga (1921), Professor emeritus of Semitic Languages at the Theological University Kampen (Broederweg), greatly influenced the teaching of Biblical Hebrew in the Faculties of Theology, Religious Studies and Semitic Languages in the Netherlands and Belgium by his widely used grammar. This volume honours his legacy and reputation as a Semitist. Lettinga always asked how a historical approach of the Semitic languages and literature would contribute to their understanding, and how this elucidates our reading of the Hebrew Scriptures. Biblical Hebrew in Context applies this approach to issues reflecting the full breadth of Lettinga’s interests: Mesopotamian and Biblical Law, the history, grammar and teaching of Hebrew and Aramaic, and the translation and interpretation of Ugaritic and Old Testament texts.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Professor Jan P. Lettinga -- Copyright page -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Figures -- A Leiden Semitist in Kampen: Honouring Professor Jan P. Lettinga / Koert van Bekkum -- Hebrew pelīlīm and Old Assyrian palālum / Klaas R. Veenhof -- Keilalphabetische Briefe aus Ugarit: Deutsche Übertragung von KTU3 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.16 und 2.26 / Willem H.Ph. Römer -- Remarks on the Verbal Rection in Biblical Aramaic / Takamitsu Muraoka -- A Dutch Grammar of Biblical Hebrew: J.P. Lettinga’s Grammatica van het Bijbels Hebreeuws and Its Revisions / Wido van Peursen and Martin Baasten -- A Paradigm Shift: Reflections on Teaching Hebrew in the Theology Curriculum / Wolter H. Rose -- The ‘Language of Canaan’: Ancient Israel’s History and the Origins of Hebrew / Koert van Bekkum -- Forgiveness of Sin for the Price of a New-born’s Life? 2 Samuel 12:13–15 Reconsidered / Willem A.M. Beuken -- Stilling or Stirring Up the Sea? The Translation of Isaiah 51:15 / Jaap Dekker -- ‘But Fear not, O Jacob my Servant!’ Place and Function of the Salvation Oracle Jeremiah 46:27–28 MT / Eric Peels -- Hosea 4:16–19: A Century of Work on an Obscure Text / Gert Kwakkel -- Living Linguistic Legacy: The ‘Sons of God’ in the Non-Biblical Dead Sea Scrolls / Jaap Doedens -- Back Matter -- Bibliography Professor Jan P. Lettinga.