»I sat alone«. The Language of Loneliness in the Hebrew Bible

2021 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 512-525
Author(s):  
Samuel Hildebrandt
Keyword(s):  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Specific Study ◽  
Literary Environment ◽  
Basic Semantic

Abstract The Hebrew Bible frequently portrays lonely characters and voices, yet a specific study of »loneliness« is not yet available. As a basic semantic and exegetical inquiry, this article surveys the usage of the lexeme בד/בדד and analyses four passages in which the expression »sitting alone« (בדד + ישׁב) appears, namely, Lev 13:46, Jer 15:17, Lam 1:1 and 3:28. Of key interest are the literary environment and discourse structures in which בדד + ישב stands. The characterisation and evaluation of loneliness likewise receive some attention. The study concludes with a synthesis that highlights connections between loneliness, society, God, and death.

Synergie zwischen priesterlichem und göttlichem Handeln im Aaronitischen Segen (Num 6,22-27)

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-72
Author(s):  
Michaela Geiger
Keyword(s):  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Presence Of God ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe expression (יִשָּׂא יְהוָה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָNum 6,26) is unique in the Hebrew Bible and has not been fully explained yet. This article suggests that the preposition (אֶלNum 6,25.26) is the key to understanding, since it links Num 6,24-26 to Lev 9,22-24 (3 timesאֶל) as well as to the framing verses Num 6,22f.27 (3 timesאֶל). Semantical, redaction- and tradition-critical analyses prompt that the expressionיִשָּׂא יְהוָה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָwas created especially for the priestly blessing to evoke the imagination of being received before the divine king. The prepositionאֵלֶיךָin Num 6,25.26 emphasizes the relationship between God and the blessed individuals and alludes to the expressionוַיִּשָּׂא אַהֲרֹן אֶת־יָדוֹ אֶל־הָעָם וַיְבָרְכֵםin Lev 9,22: the priest’s gesture of blessing allows to perceive the presence of God. The liturgical formula was finally included into the Sinai pericope by a postpriestly redaction, along with the framing verses Num 6,22f.27.

Dripping with Kindness: The Meaning of rebîbîm

2020 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-457
Author(s):  
Raanan Eichler
Keyword(s):  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Biblical Hebrew ◽  
Common Noun ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Semantic Domain ◽  
The Common

AbstractThe common noun רְבִיבִים occurs six times in the Hebrew Bible (Deut 32:2; Jer 3:3; 14:22; Mic 5:6; Pss 65:10[10]; 72:6). Its contexts clearly suggest that it belongs to the semantic domain of rain and dew, and that it denotes something desirable. But further precision has eluded interpreters, and the much-discussed Ugaritic words rbb and rb are of little help in this regard. The apparent Akkadian cognate rabbu A, unmentioned in the standard Biblical Hebrew lexica, is considered here, and it is argued on that basis that the word means “gentle rain” or “drizzle.”

Violence in the Hebrew Bible. Between Text and Reception Old Testament Studies 79 Jacques van Ruiten and Koert van Bekkum (eds)

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 196-198
Author(s):  
David G. Firth
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
P Content ◽  
Old Testament Studies

<p content-type="flush left">Summary <p content-type="flush left">This international collection of papers helpfully addresses all parts of the Old Testament canon in an informed and often reflective manner as it explores the issue of violence. Various methodologies are used and only some papers focus on reception. There are no weak papers in the collection and some even do significant work in exploring the issue of violence. <p content-type="flush left">Zusammenfassung <p content-type="flush left">Diese internationale Vortragssammlung erforscht auf hilf- und kenntnisreiche sowie oft nachdenkliche Weise die Thematik von Gewalt in allen Teilen des alttestamentlichen Kanons. Unterschiedliche Methoden finden Anwendung, und nur einige Vorträge konzentrieren sich auf die Rezeptionsgeschichte. Alle Vorträge in der Sammlung sind qualitativ hochwertig, und einige von ihnen stellen sogar bedeutende Beiträge dar zur Forschung über das Thema Gewalt. <p content-type="flush left">Résumé <p content-type="flush left">Cet ensemble de contributions explore fort utilement la question de la violence en prenant en compte l’ensemble du canon vétérotestamentaire, et ce de manière approfondie et propre à susciter la réflexion. Différentes méthodes sont suivies; quelques exposés seulement se concentrent sur la réception. Il n’y a pas d’articles faibles, mais il en est dont le travail sur la question de la violence est particulièrement significatif.

scholarly journals Orthoepy in the Tiberian Reading Tradition of the Hebrew Bible and Its Historical Roots in the Second Temple Period

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 378-401
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Khan
Keyword(s):  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Second Temple ◽  
Biblical Hebrew ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Second Temple Period ◽  
Written Text

AbstractThe Tiberian reading tradition of the Hebrew Bible contains a variety of features that point to its origin in the Second Temple period. Once such feature is the careful reading of the inflected forms of the verbsהָיָהandחָיָהto ensure that they are not confused. The paper directs particular attention to the lengthening of the vowels of the prefix conjugation (imperfect) of these verbs, which can be reconstructed from medieval sources. It is argued through comparison with the Babylonian tradition of Biblical Hebrew that this lengthening is an orthoepic feature that has its roots in the Second Temple Period. This demonstrates that the priestly authorities who were concerned with the careful preservation of the written text were also concerned with the careful preservation of the orally transmitted reading tradition.

The More Control, the Better?

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeeyun Oh ◽  
Mun-Young Chung ◽  
Sangyong Han
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Design ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Story Structure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High User ◽  
User Control ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
Control Versus ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

Despite of the popularity of interactive movie trailers, rigorous research on one of the most apparent features of these interfaces – the level of user control – has been scarce. This study explored the effects of user control on users’ immersion and enjoyment of the movie trailers, moderated by the content type. We conducted a 2 (high user control versus low user control) × 2 (drama film trailer versus documentary film trailer) mixed-design factorial experiment. The results showed that the level of user control over movie trailer interfaces decreased users’ immersion when the trailer had an element of traditional story structure, such as a drama film trailer. Participants in the high user control condition answered that they were less fascinated with, absorbed in, focused on, mentally involved with, and emotionally affected by the movie trailer than participants in the low user control condition only with the drama movie trailer. The negative effects of user control on the level of immersion for the drama trailer translated into users’ enjoyment. The impact of user control over interfaces on immersion and enjoyment varies depending on the nature of the media content, which suggests a possible trade-off between the level of user control and entertainment outcomes.

The Hebrew Bible and Great Canaan

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-233
Author(s):  
Ana Fund Patron de Smith
Keyword(s):  
Hebrew Bible

Intertextual connections between Thomas More’s Utopia and Cicero’s De finibus bonorum et malorum

Moreana ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 51 (Number 195- (1-2) ◽  
pp. 63-84
Author(s):  
Ana Cláudia Romano Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Special Interest ◽  
Latin Literature ◽  
Specific Study ◽  
Intertextual Connections

In 1516, More wrote to Erasmus, putting him in charge of the publication of Utopia. In his study about the “sources, parallels and influences” of More’s libellus, Edward Surtz points out that “the most evident influences are classical” and in 1965, in the introduction of his edition of Utopia, he noted that in the composition of this fiction, Plato and Plutarch are as essential as Cicero and Seneca. He also noted that these philosophers are “the source for the tenets and arguments of the two schools discussed by the Utopians, the Epicurean and the Stoic” and that “Cicero’s De finibus is of special interest here, but detailed studies of Ciceronian and Senecan influences have still to be made.” (p.cliv, clxi). From 1965 until today we haven’t found a specific study on this problem in the bibliography about Utopia and classical Latin literature, that’s why in this paper we will examine some of the connections that link More’s libellus to De finibus.

A Pleasing Odour for Yahweh

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-24
Author(s):  
Anne Katrine De Hemmer Gudme
Keyword(s):  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Sacred Space ◽  
Ancient World ◽  
Hellenistic Period ◽  
The Sun ◽  
The West ◽  
Sense Of Smell ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Crucial Part

This article investigates the importance of smell in the sacrificial cults of the ancient Mediterranean, using the Yahweh temple on Mount Gerizim and the Hebrew Bible as a case-study. The material shows that smell was an important factor in delineating sacred space in the ancient world and that the sense of smell was a crucial part of the conceptualization of the meeting between the human and the divine.  In the Hebrew Bible, the temple cult is pervaded by smell. There is the sacred oil laced with spices and aromatics with which the sanctuary and the priests are anointed. There is the fragrant and luxurious incense, which is burnt every day in front of Yahweh and finally there are the sacrifices and offerings that are burnt on the altar as ‘gifts of fire’ and as ‘pleasing odors’ to Yahweh. The gifts that are given to Yahweh are explicitly described as pleasing to the deity’s sense of smell. On Mount Gerizim, which is close to present-day Nablus on the west bank, there once stood a temple dedicated to the god Yahweh, whom we also know from the Hebrew Bible. The temple was in use from the Persian to the Hellenistic period (ca. 450 – 110 BCE) and during this time thousands of animals (mostly goats, sheep, pigeons and cows) were slaughtered and burnt on the altar as gifts to Yahweh. The worshippers who came to the sanctuary – and we know some of them by name because they left inscriptions commemorating their visit to the temple – would have experienced an overwhelming combination of smells: the smell of spicy herbs baked by the sun that is carried by the wind, the smell of humans standing close together and the smell of animals, of dung and blood, and behind it all as a backdrop of scent the constant smell of the sacrificial smoke that rises to the sky.

The Waist Circumference That Predicts Insulin Resistance in Africans Is Higher in Women than Men—A Population-Specific Study

Diabetes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 1620-P
Author(s):  
JEAN DAMASCENE KABAKAMBIRA ◽  
SARA M. BRIKER ◽  
RAFEAL L. BAKER ◽  
AMBER B. COURVILLE ◽  
LILIAN MABUNDO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insulin Resistance ◽  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Specific Study

Literary Chronicles of the Qajars’ Epoch

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 170-173
Author(s):  
Gulnar Aqiq Jafarzade
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Original Source ◽  
Literary Movement ◽  
Literary Environment ◽  
Source Materials

Abstract Following a historical appraisal and the progress of literature and poetry during the Qajar era, this article focuses on the specific literary environment in nineteenth century. As literature has effect in all areas such as cultural, social and other affairs, it is important to remember that Qajars’ rulers Fathali Shah and Nasiraddin Shah had an influential role in the comprehensive evolution of the literary environment in this period. Literary chronicles covered the works written during Qajar dynasty can be considered the most important sources for researching literary processes. Circle of poets inside and outside of the court led the new founded literary movement “bazgasht” (“Return”), turning to the their predecessors for the inspiration in this period. The most important and wealthy genre of literature were tazkiras (biographical books of anthology), based on the original source materials in Arabian, Persian, and sometimes in Turkish, especially written about poets and poetry.

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