Language:
German
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Angaben zur Quelle:
131,1 (2019) 1-27
Keywords:
Bible Comparative studies
;
God Name
;
Biblical teaching
;
Asherah (Semitic deity)
;
Semitic languages
;
Yemen (Republic) Antiquities
;
Kuntillat Jurayyah (Egypt) Antiquities
Abstract:
The discussion about the character of "Ashera" in the inscriptions of Kuntillet Ajrūd and Khirbet el-Kōm revolves around the argument that the determination of a proper name by a genitive attribute is not common in Semitic grammar. In the search for parallels, a Semitic written culture has so far completely been ignored: The inscriptions from Ancient South Arabia provide clear examples of the determination of a divine name by another theonym, but also by a suffixed personal pronoun, which should not be disregarded in the assessment of the ancient Hebrew evidence.
DOI:
10.1515/zaw-2019-1006
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