Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages, vol. 32, 2006
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The Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages contains articles dealing with linguistic, translational, literary, text-critical, historical, religious, and cultural issues related to Ancient Near Eastern texts and societies, as well as articles addressing theoretical issues underlying these fields. Contributors to the Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages include the most advanced scholars in the field of Near Eastern Studies, making this the preeminent journal for linguistic, interpretive, exegetical, and historical studies of Northwest Semitic languages in general and the Old Testament in particular.
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- Discusses issues relating to Ancient Near Eastern texts and societies
- Contributions from top Ancient Near Eastern scholars
- Contains 3 book reviews and 13 articles
- Editing Proverbs: the Challenge of the Oxford Hebrew Bible
- Silence as a Response in Biblical Hebrew Narrative: Strategies of Speakers and Narrators
- “Wüste” im Hohenlied (Cant)
- M1’s Massoretic Appendices: a New Description
- The Syriac Usage of the Term “Life” for “Salvation” Reconsidered
- Towards a More Theoretical Understanding of Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary
- The Syntax of Parallelism in Isaiah and the Minor Prophets: A Comparative Study
- The Royal Funeral in Ancient Syria: a Comparative View on the Tombs in the Palaces of Qatna, Kumidi and Ugarit
- Die Hellenistische Mauerinschrift von Gadara (Umm Qēs) und die Seleukidisch Dynastische Toponymie Palästinas
- Of Proverbs, Metaphors and Platitudes
- Pragmatic Effects of Semantically Redundant Anchoring Expressions in Biblical Hebrew Narrative
- Samson and Delilah in a Newly Found Inscription?
- The Analogies Between the David-Bathsheba Affair and the Naboth Narrative
- Michael V. Fox
- Cynthia L. Miller
- Detlef Jericke
- E. Martín Contreras
- Giovanni Lenzi
- Jeremy Thompson
- F. Javier del Barco
- M. Guadalupe Seijas de los Ríos-Zarzosa
- Herbert Niehr
- Siegfried Mittmann
- Douglas Lawrie
- Steven E. Runge
- Erasmus Gass
- Michael Avioz
- Title: Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages, vol. 32
- Editors: Johann Cook, Izak Cornelius, Paul Kruger, and Christo van der Merwe
- Series: Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages (JNSL)
- Publisher: University of Stellenbosch
- Publication Date: 2006
- Pages: 270
Johann Cook is an associate professor at the University of Stellenbosch. He received his MA in Semitic languages and Greek and his DLitt in Semitic languages from Stellenbosch, and specializes in Hebrew language studies, Aramaic, Syriac, and Coptic, textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and aspects of the cultures of the Ancient Near East. He is a member of the executive committee of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies.
Izak Cornelius is a professor at the University of Stellenbosch. He specializes in Ancient Near Eastern culture, religion, and mythology.
Paul Kruger is an associate professor at the University of Stellenbosch. He researches and lectures in comparative Near Eastern literature, the history of Near Eastern religion, prophetic literature, and the application of social scientific insights on ancient cultures.
Christo van der Merwe received his MA in Semitic languages, MTh in Old Testament, MPhil in technology-enhanced language teaching, and DLitt in Semitic languages, all from the University of Stellenbosch. He specializes in Bible translation as intercultural communication, cognitive linguistics, Biblical Hebrew lexical semantics, Biblical Hebrew structural markers, and the information structure of Biblical Hebrew texts.
