Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament: Volume VIII

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G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1974 - 584 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.

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Contents

V
1
VI
10
VII
14
VIII
16
IX
21
X
23
XI
33
XII
39
XLIII
291
XLIV
297
XLV
308
XLVI
325
XLVII
331
XLVIII
334
XLIX
346
L
375

XIII
41
XIV
44
XV
47
XVI
60
XVII
65
XVIII
69
XIX
74
XX
118
XXI
134
XXII
138
XXIII
142
XXIV
149
XXV
152
XXVI
158
XXVII
162
XXVIII
167
XXIX
174
XXX
182
XXXI
184
XXXII
185
XXXIII
209
XXXIV
225
XXXV
227
XXXVI
231
XXXVII
235
XXXVIII
237
XXXIX
241
XL
250
XLI
265
XLII
288
LI
389
LII
396
LIII
401
LIV
407
LV
421
LVI
427
LVII
431
LVIII
437
LIX
440
LX
441
LXI
449
LXII
452
LXIII
458
LXIV
460
LXV
464
LXVIII
465
LXIX
483
LXX
494
LXXI
501
LXXII
505
LXXIII
514
LXXIV
519
LXXV
531
LXXVI
532
LXXVII
545
LXXVIII
548
LXXIX
552
LXXX
557
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About the author (1974)

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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