The Meaning of Būmâ in the Old Testament: A Study of Etymological, Textual and Archaeological Evidence - Couverture rigide

Vaughan, Patrick H.

 
9780521204255: The Meaning of Būmâ in the Old Testament: A Study of Etymological, Textual and Archaeological Evidence
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ISBN 10 : 0521204259 ISBN 13 : 9780521204255
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1974

Synopsis

This monograph is a study of the Hebrew word bama, which is used frequently in the Old Testament to describe cultic sites and has commonly been translated 'high place'. The word however occurs in a variety of contexts, which would indicate a wider range of meanings. By careful analysis of these occurrences in the Old Testament and by comparison with cognate words in Semitic languages and with the translations in the Septuagint, the author attempts to categorise these meanings and to challenge certain current views. Three groups of meanings of bama emerge from this study: topographical, as in 'hillside' and possibly 'grave-mound'; anatomical, as in 'backs' and possible 'beasts'; and cultic senses, as in 'cultic platform' (bamah) and by extension 'altar' and 'sanctuary'. This first book-length study of all aspects of the meaning of bama will be of interest equally to Old Testament scholars and archaeologists of the near East and is likely to be an invaluable monograph on its subject.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This monograph is a study of the Hebrew word bama, which is used frequently in the Old Testament to describe cultic sites and has commonly been translated 'high place'. The word however occurs in a variety of contexts, which would indicate a wider range of meanings. By careful analysis of these occurrences in the Old Testament and by comparison with cognate words in Semitic languages and with the translations in the Septuagint, the author attempts to categorise these meanings and to challenge certain current views. Three groups of meanings of bama emerge from this study: topographical, as in 'hillside' and possibly 'grave-mound'; anatomical, as in 'backs' and possible 'beasts'; and cultic senses, as in 'cultic platform' (bamah) and by extension 'altar' and 'sanctuary'. This first book-length study of all aspects of the meaning of bama will be of interest equally to Old Testament scholars and archaeologists of the near East and is likely to be an invaluable monograph on its subject.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1974
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521204259
ISBN 13 
9780521204255
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Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
104
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9780521104104: The Meaning of 'bama' in the Old Testament: A Study of Etymological, Textual and Archaeological Evidence

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ISBN 10 :  0521104106 ISBN 13 :  9780521104104
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008
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