On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 09:34:03AM -0500, Jack Kilmon wrote: > Hi all: > > First, if there are any Muslim members, may I offer my best wishes for > Ramadan. > > I have found in my Aramaic background studies relevant to the NEW Testament > that idiom is very often overlooked in doing exegesis. I would be very > interested if some members would post examples of Hebrew idioms, euphemisms, > metaphors and figures of speech from the Tanakh that often go unclarified > but which may affect exegesis, particularly by Christians. Perhaps there is > a seminal work on this as well. > > Thanks, > > Jack
I'd also recommend (if you read German): Stefan Schorch. Euphemismen in der Hebräischen Bibel. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2000. ISBN 978-3447042499. P.T. -- Petr Tomasek <http://www.etf.cuni.cz/~tomasek> Jabber: [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EA 355:001 DU DU DU DU EA 355:002 TU TU TU TU EA 355:003 NU NU NU NU NU NU NU EA 355:004 NA NA NA NA NA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
