Colour Terms in the Old Testament

by Athalya Brenner

Publisher:

JSOT Press

, 1982

Overview

Athalya Brenner presents her studies on the role of color in Old Testament texts. Realizing that words themselves are only part of the overall context of Scripture, Brenner examines the literary and semantic significance of color in Hebrew texts. She also writes about development in culture, language, and vocabulary. Brenner looks at the mental associations we have with color and shades, and how they relate to Old Testament writings specifically, giving a in-depth discussion on the characteristics of color and language.

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Key Features

• Foreword by James Barr
• Studies on the role of color in Old Testament texts
• Bibliographical references and indexes

Contents

Top Highlights

“The fourth category is that of paints, dyes, dyeing materials and dyeing” (Page 34)

“a) There is a total universal inventory of eleven basic colour terms” (Page 15)

“When it is difficult to determine the monolexemic status, morphological complexity can serve as a secondary criterion.” (Page 40)

“criterion c. should be emended on semantic, although not biblical, grounds. A term cannot be applied to an ‘object’.” (Page 41)

“Recent foreign loan words may be suspect: they might be an addition, perhaps synonymous for a more established term” (Page 40)

Praise for the Print Edition

Brenner has presented a monograph of quality from both an OT philological and general linguistic point of view . . . a most important and praiseworthy study.

—Catholic Biblical Quarterly

Product Details

• Title: Colour Terms in the Old Testament
• Author: Athalya Brenner
• Publisher: JSOT
• Publication Date: 1982
• Pages: 306

About Athalya Brenner

Althayla Brenner is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Old Testament in the Biblical Studies section of Religious Studies in the Department of Art, Religion and Culture (KRC), Faculty of the Humanities, University of Amsterdam. She previously taught biblical studies at Oranim College of Education/University of Haifa, Israel. Her many publications include Colour Terms in the Old Testament, The Israelite Woman and Feminist Companion to Esther, Judith and Susanna (included in Studies in Old Testament Themes) and contributed to Semeia: An Experimental Journal for Biblical Criticism.