Word-smithing: some metallurgical terms in Hebrew and Aramaic
Word-smithing: some metallurgical terms in Hebrew and Aramaic
The collaboration between Dr Dan Levene and Prof. Beno Rothenberg on a project that aims to identify references to metals and metalworking techniques in what are primarily Judaic sources has been a bringing together of two different approaches to studying the past: philology and archaeometallurgy. This paper highlights the way in which the lexicography of certain terms must inevitably rely on knowledge of the relevant technology and its history. To illustrate this point two terms are examined: 1. the word srp (\#1507;\#1491;\#1510;) and the shifting meanings of some of its cognates across time; and 2. the word 'nk (&1498;\#1504;\#1488;), that appears in Amos 7.7-8
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Levene, Dan
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Rothenberg, Beno
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July 2004
Levene, Dan
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Rothenberg, Beno
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Levene, Dan and Rothenberg, Beno
(2004)
Word-smithing: some metallurgical terms in Hebrew and Aramaic.
Aramaic Studies, 2 (2), .
(doi:10.1177/147783510400200203).
Abstract
The collaboration between Dr Dan Levene and Prof. Beno Rothenberg on a project that aims to identify references to metals and metalworking techniques in what are primarily Judaic sources has been a bringing together of two different approaches to studying the past: philology and archaeometallurgy. This paper highlights the way in which the lexicography of certain terms must inevitably rely on knowledge of the relevant technology and its history. To illustrate this point two terms are examined: 1. the word srp (\#1507;\#1491;\#1510;) and the shifting meanings of some of its cognates across time; and 2. the word 'nk (&1498;\#1504;\#1488;), that appears in Amos 7.7-8
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Published date: July 2004
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/39212
ISSN: 1477-8351
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