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Oath formulas in biblical Hebrew / Blane Conklin

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Linguistic studies in ancient West Semitic ; 5 Publication details: Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2011.Description: xii, 106 pages, 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781575062037
  • 1575062038
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PJ4707 .C66 2011
Contents:
Introduction. The problem ; Oaths as speech acts ; The general structure of oaths ; Previous scholarship ; Plan - - The authenticating element..Raising a hand ; Invocation of witness(es) ; Swearing ; "Thus will X do to Y" -- Conditionally formulated oaths. Summary of secondary literature on conditional clause syntax ; Special study of conditional clause syntax in 1 Samuel ; oath content introduced by ʼm ; oath content introduced by ʼm-lʼ -- Oaths marked with ky. Summary of secondary literature on ky syntax ; Special study of ky syntax in 1 Samuel ; oath content introduced by ky -- Exceptions and objections. Oath content formulated in other ways ; Relationship of markers of oath content to authenticating elements ; The alleged function of ky-ʼm as an oath marker -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Other formulas in other Semitic langauges. Northwest Semitic ; Akkadian ; Classical Arabic
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Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction PJ4707 .C66 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 065543
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-102) and indexes

Introduction. The problem ; Oaths as speech acts ; The general structure of oaths ; Previous scholarship ; Plan - - The authenticating element..Raising a hand ; Invocation of witness(es) ; Swearing ; "Thus will X do to Y" -- Conditionally formulated oaths. Summary of secondary literature on conditional clause syntax ; Special study of conditional clause syntax in 1 Samuel ; oath content introduced by ʼm ; oath content introduced by ʼm-lʼ -- Oaths marked with ky. Summary of secondary literature on ky syntax ; Special study of ky syntax in 1 Samuel ; oath content introduced by ky -- Exceptions and objections. Oath content formulated in other ways ; Relationship of markers of oath content to authenticating elements ; The alleged function of ky-ʼm as an oath marker -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Other formulas in other Semitic langauges. Northwest Semitic ; Akkadian ; Classical Arabic

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