Agyptische Namen und Worter im Alten Testament

by Francis Breyer

Book cover: Agyptische Namen und Worter im Alten Testament

Extent: 210 pages

Publisher: Zaphon

Subjects: Ancient Egypt, Biblical Studies, Language & Linguistics

Series: Ägypten im Blick

Series volume number: 93

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(December 2019)

ISBN: 9783963270505

Price: $94.00

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(December 2019)

ISBN: 9783963270512

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Egypt plays a prominent role in the world of the Bible – dominating the Levant for more than half of a millennium. In view of this long enduring background of political and cultural dominance, it is not surprising, that many words and names of Biblical Hebrew are of Egyptian origin. This part of the Hebrew lexicon has up to now not been dealt with in depth, particularly not from the Egyptological perspective, even though contact linguistics are of importance within Egyptology, however, focusing on Semitic and Anatolian words in the Egyptian language, not on Egyptian words in other languages. The present study assembles all words and names of the Hebrew Bible of Egyptian origin and analyses them from a Hebrew and an Egyptian perspective and within the field of contact linguistics.


Egypt plays a prominent role in the world of the Bible – dominating the Levant for more than half of a millennium. In view of this long enduring background of political and cultural dominance, it is not surprising, that many words and names of Biblical Hebrew are of Egyptian origin. This part of the Hebrew lexicon has up to now not been dealt with in depth, particularly not from the Egyptological perspective, even though contact linguistics are of importance within Egyptology, however, focusing on Semitic and Anatolian words in the Egyptian language, not on Egyptian words in other languages. The present study assembles all words and names of the Hebrew Bible of Egyptian origin and analyses them from a Hebrew and an Egyptian perspective and within the field of contact linguistics.

Vorwort / Inhaltsverzeichnis / Abkurzungsverzeichnis I. Hinfuhrung II. Agypten und Israel: Die Grundfaktoren 1. Die politisch-historischen Beziehungen zwischen Agypten und Israel 2. Literarische Genres und Motive aus Agypten im Alten Testament 3. Anlehnungen im Bereich der Idiomatik III. Quellen und Vergleichsbasis 1. Der Ausgangspunkt: Das Alte Testament und seine Uberlieferung 2. Mogliche Entlehnungsszenarien und ihre Datierung 3. Bemerkungen zur Phonologie des Altagyptischen 4. Historische Lautung des Hebraischen 5. Die agyptisch-hebraischen Lautkorrespondenzen IV. Die agyptischen Namen und Worter im Alten Testament 1. Forschungsgeschichte 2. Stand der Forschung 3. Fallbeispiele V. Die Gleichungen im Einzelnen 1. Personennamen 2. Gotternamen 3. Ortsnamen 4. Appellativa 5. Unsicheres VI. Kontaktlinguistische Analyse VII. Conclusio VIII. Bibliographie IX. Index der besprochenen altagyptischen Worter

  • By (author) Francis Breyer