Studies in Northwest Semitic

From: Journal of Biblical Literature | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Studies in Northwest Semitic, by Robert Althann. BibOr 45. Rome: Pontificio Istituto Biblico, 1997. Pp. xii + 205. L 36,000/$26.00 (paper).

The scope of this book is narrower than its title suggests. Its eight chapters undertake, after a three-page introduction, five studies in Biblical Hebrew (BH) grammar and an extended discussion of job 3, followed by three more pages of conclusions. Only one Northwest Semitic language is studied, although reference is made to Ugaritic (at least once in any five pages) and Phoenician (eight citations); three Aramaic words are mentioned, and two Arabic ...

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