Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament: Volume XIV

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G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1974 - Religion - 726 pages
This multivolume work is still proving to be as fundamental to Old Testament studies as its companion set, the Kittel-Friedrich Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, has been to New Testament studies.

Beginning with father, and continuing through the alphabet, the TDOT volumes present in-depth discussions of the key Hebrew and Aramaic words in the Old Testament. Leading scholars of various religious traditions (including Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Greek Orthodox, and Jewish) and from many parts of the world (Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States) have been carefully selected for each article by editors Botterweck, Ringgren, and Fabry and their consultants, George W. Anderson, Henri Cazelles, David Noel Freedman, Shemaryahu Talmon, and Gerhard Wallis.

The intention of the writers is to concentrate on meaning, starting from the more general, everyday senses and building to an understanding of theologically significant concepts. To avoid artificially restricting the focus of the articles, TDOT considers under each keyword the larger groups of words that are related linguistically or semantically. The lexical work includes detailed surveys of a word s occurrences, not only in biblical material but also in other ancient Near Eastern writings. Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Ethiopic, Ugaritic, and Northwest Semitic sources are surveyed, among others, as well as the Qumran texts and the Septuagint; and in cultures where no cognate word exists, the authors often consider cognate ideas.

TDOT s emphasis, though, is on Hebrew terminology and on biblical usage. The contributors employ philology as well as form-critical and traditio-historical methods, with the aim of understanding the religious statements in the Old Testament. Extensive bibliographical information adds to the value of this reference work.

This English edition attempts to serve the needs of Old Testament students without the linguistic background of more advanced scholars; it does so, however, without sacrificing the needs of the latter. Ancient scripts (Hebrew, Greek, etc.) are regularly transliterated in a readable way, and meanings of foreign words are given in many cases where the meanings might be obvious to advanced scholars. Where the Hebrew text versification differs from that of English Bibles, the English verse appears in parentheses. Such features will help all earnest students of the Bible to avail themselves of the manifold theological insights contained in this monumental work.
 

Contents

sobasiba be שִׂבְעָה שָׂבְעָה soba שְׂבַע saba שָׂבָע sabêa שָׂבֵעַ saba
16
śāgab
34
שָׂטָן
73
שֵׂיבָה
81
vii
123
שָׂמַח śāmaḥ śāmēaḥ ņ simḥāh rejoice be glad Vanoni
142
שִׂמְלָה simlâ ?? śalmâ outer garment Niehr
158
Lipinski
164
שָׁוָה
522
roam Waschke
528
שׁוּעָל
537
šûr behold journey KapelrudRinggren
543
שחת
558
שָׁחַר šâhar II seek Ruppert
571
שָׁחַת šâhat ruin Conrad
583
שַׁחַת sihâ pit Wächter שִׁיחָה sahâ שׁוּחָה šâah שׁנַּח šahat
595

שָׂפָה sapà lip speech language KedarKopfstein
175
128
189
135
209
שָׂרִיד šârid remnant KederKopfstein
215
Fuhs
249
שְׁבוּתשְׁבִית sab sibat שׁוּב שִׁיבַת sab sbatsbit שׁוּב שְׁבוּת שְׁבִית sbâtsbit
294
שָׁגַגוֹשָׁגָה
381
שָׁטַר sitray recorder Schunck שִׁטְרַי mištär מִשְׁטָר šâtar
606
שִׁית šit put appoint make Vanoni
646
שָׁכַב šākab škābâ na šekōbet u miškāḥ lie down
659
שָׁכַח šākaḥ forget Preuss
671
שָׁכֹל sikkulim שְׁכָּלִים sakal שָׁכוּל sköl שְׁכוֹל sakkal שַׁכּוּל saköl
677
שְׁכֶם skem shoulder Rattray Milgrom
689
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G. Johannes Botterweck (1917-1981) was professor of Old Testament and Catholic theology at the University of Bonn, Germany. Helmer Ringgren (1917?2012) was professor of Old Testament interpretation at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. Heinz-Josef Fabry is professor emeritus of Old Testament at the University of Bonn, Germany.

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