The Preacher Sought to Find Pleasing Words II

A Study of the Language of Qoheleth. Part II: Vocabulary

by A. Schoors

Book cover: The Preacher Sought to Find Pleasing Words II

Extent: 568 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Biblical Studies, Language & Linguistics

Series: Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta

Series volume number: 143

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2004)

ISBN: 9789042915459

Price: $82.00

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This volume on Qoheleth’s vocabulary is the continuation of that on the grammar (OLA 41), published in 1992. All lexemes occurring in Qoh are examined for the specific connotations they have in this book. Chapter I deals with Biblical Hebrew words that are frequently and idiosyncratically used in Qoh. The subject of Chapter II are words that are less frequently used, yet can be considered to have some typical connotations in Qoh. Then follows in Chapter III the study of classical BH words that are less typical of Qoh, yet demand some attention. Chapter IV offers an analysis of the words that occur only in Qoh and in the last chapter, the reader finds short notes on the remaining words, those which require no special analysis. Throughout this monograph, attention is given to Late Biblical Hebrew, Aramaisms and Graecisms, in continuity with the grammatical studies in vol. I.

  • By (author) A Schoors