Colour Terms in the Old Testament (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies | LHBOTS)
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Overview
Athalya Brenner presents her studies on the role of color in Old Testament texts. Realizing that words themselves are only part of the overall context of Scripture, Brenner examines the literary and semantic significance of color in Hebrew texts. She also writes about development in culture, language, and vocabulary. Brenner looks at the mental associations we have with color and shades, and how they relate to Old Testament writings specifically, giving a in-depth discussion on the characteristics of color and language.
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- Foreword by James Barr
- Studies on the role of color in Old Testament texts
- Bibliographical references and indexes
Top Highlights
“The fourth category is that of paints, dyes, dyeing materials and dyeing” (Page 34)
“a) There is a total universal inventory of eleven basic colour terms” (Page 15)
“When it is difficult to determine the monolexemic status, morphological complexity can serve as a secondary criterion.” (Page 40)
“criterion c. should be emended on semantic, although not biblical, grounds. A term cannot be applied to an ‘object’.” (Page 41)
“Recent foreign loan words may be suspect: they might be an addition, perhaps synonymous for a more established term” (Page 40)
Brenner has presented a monograph of quality from both an OT philological and general linguistic point of view . . . a most important and praiseworthy study.
—Catholic Biblical Quarterly
- Title: Colour Terms in the Old Testament
- Author: Athalya Brenner
- Publisher: JSOT
- Publication Date: 1982
- Pages: 306
Athalya Brenner is a professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the department of theology and religious studies at University of Amsterdam and Rosalyn and Manny Rosenthal Distinguished Professor-in-Residence of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas.