The Transformation of Biblical Proper Names

The Transformation of Biblical Proper Names......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
1 Etymological Explanation of Proper Names in the Hebrew Bible and the History\rof their Forms in Bible Translations......Page 19
1. Etymological Explanation of Proper Names in the Hebrew Bible......Page 21
2. Etymological Translation of Two Namings of Eve......Page 23
3. Etymological Translation of the Toponym Babel......Page 26
4. Etymological Translation of the Place Names Attah El-roi and Beer-lahai-roi......Page 27
5. Etymological Translation or Explanationof the Personal Names Moab and Ben-ammi......Page 30
6. Etymological Translation of the Place Name Beer-sheba......Page 31
7. Etymological Translation of the Place Name Adonai-jireh......Page 33
8. Etymological Translation of the Place Names Esek, Sitnah, Rehohoth and Bethel......Page 36
9. Etymological Translation of the Place Names Jegar-Sahadutha, Galeed, Mizpah and Mahanaim......Page 37
10. Etymological Translation of the Place Names Peniel / Penuel and Succoth......Page 40
11. Etymological Translation of the Place Names El-bethel and Allon-bacuth......Page 41
12. Etymological Translation of the Toponym Abel-mizraim......Page 43
13. Etymological Translation of the Place Names Marah, Massah and Meribah......Page 44
14. Etymological Translation of the Place Names Taberah, Kibroth-hattaavah and Hormah......Page 47
15. Etymological Translation of the Place Names Bochim, Ramath-lehi and En-hakkore......Page 50
16. Etymological Translation of the Place Names of Ebenezer and Sela-mahlekoth......Page 52
17. Etymological Translation of the Proper Names Baal-perazim and Perez-uzzah......Page 54
18. Etymological Translation of the Toponym Beracah......Page 56
19. Conclusion Concerning Folk Etymology in the Hebrew Bible......Page 57
20. Conclusion Concerning Folk Etymology in Bible Translations......Page 59
21. LUB and DAL in Relation to the Original, to the LXX and the Vg, and to the Established Traditions......Page 62
22. General Conclusion......Page 66
2 Transliteration or Translation of Proper Names in Bible Translations......Page 70
1. Substitutes for the Divine Personal Name yhwh or Its Transliteration......Page 72
2. Substitutes or Transliteration in Construct Expressions of Divine Names and Appellatives......Page 73
3. Transliteration or Translation of Terms Denoting the Underworld......Page 76
4. The Giants Nephilim and Rephaim......Page 78
5. The Monstrous Animals Behemoth and Leviathan......Page 80
6. Symbolic Names of Hosea\'s Children......Page 82
7. The Symbolic Name of lsaiah\'s Second Son......Page 84
8. Etymological Translation of the Proper Names Philistines and Goiim......Page 85
9. Etymological Translation of the Proper Names Aram-naharaim and Paddan-aram......Page 86
10. Etymological Translation of the Proper Names Moreh and Moriah......Page 88
11. Etymological Translation of the Proper Name Machpelah......Page 90
12. Etymological Translation of the Proper Name Shephelah......Page 91
13. Supposed Etymology of Harmagedon......Page 94
14. General Conclusion......Page 95
3 Transmission of Semitic Forms of Biblical Proper Names in Greek and Latin Linguistic Traditions......Page 99
1. Historical and Linguistic Factors of Forms of Biblical Proper Names......Page 101
2. Transliteration of Semitic Consonants into Greek......Page 110
3. Transliteration of Semitic Vowel Letters and Vowel Signs into Greek and Latin......Page 118
4. Transliteration from Hebrew/Aramaic and Greek into Latin......Page 123
a. Variant Forms in the Hebrew Bible......Page 133
b. Reasons for Variants in the Greek and Latin Bibles......Page 134
c. The Emergence of Errors in Transcription and Transmission of the\rLXX Text......Page 136
d. The Establishment of a Greek Critical Text......Page 138
e. The Establishment of a Latin Critical Text......Page 140
6. General Conclusions......Page 144
7. Comparative Expositions of the Forms of Biblical Proper Names......Page 149
8. The Design of a Dictionary......Page 151
Bibliography......Page 155
Index of References......Page 160
Index of Authors......Page 166