Abstract
In this paper, we examine the use of signs as instruments of thought in Semitic languages of the ancient Near East. We employ a Peircean concept of “sign” together with derived typologies based upon Categorical (after Peirce), temporal, and effectual relations between events, as conceived by the intended interpreter. Following a brief discussion of the “sign” concept as attested in extinct Semitic languages and in Biblical Hebrew, we perform a typological analysis of the use of signs in Biblical narrative. On this basis, we infer that some Biblical writers had a tacit awareness of a tripartite concept of “sign.” Furthermore, we demonstrate that different Biblical writers had different preferences for the use of signs: symbolic (abstract) signs were favored in the Torah and iconic (embodied) signs were favored by the Major Prophets.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- The gap between instruction (plan) and situated action: A challenge to semiotics?
- “What makes a reasoning sound” is the proof of its truth: A reconstruction of Peirce’s semiotics as epistemic logic, and why he did not complete his realistic revolution
- Can museums and luxury brands’ perceptions be compared? How a survey and semiotics help decipher the French collective psyche, relative to cultural and commercial identities
- Peirce, evolutionary aesthetics, and literary meaning: Tension, index, symbol
- On the concept of “sign” in the Hebrew Bible
- The role of séméiotique in François Delsarte’s aesthetics
- The lens of firstness: Shamanic/Aboriginal culture as cosmos-sign
- Translating like a conduit? A sociosemiotic analysis of modality in Chinese government press conference interpreting
- The Peircean order of signification and its encoding system in Chinese landscape painting
- Les valeurs culturelles des cafés contemporains Coréens : Analyse sémiotique des pratiques des consommateurs
- Iconic silence: A semiotic paradox or a semiotic paragon?
- Darth Vader in Ukraine: On the boundary between reality and mythology
- Stance markers in television news presentation: Expressivity of eyebrow flashes in the delivery of news
- Review article/Compte rendu
- La sémiotique des formes de vie, un nouveau tournant ?
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- The gap between instruction (plan) and situated action: A challenge to semiotics?
- “What makes a reasoning sound” is the proof of its truth: A reconstruction of Peirce’s semiotics as epistemic logic, and why he did not complete his realistic revolution
- Can museums and luxury brands’ perceptions be compared? How a survey and semiotics help decipher the French collective psyche, relative to cultural and commercial identities
- Peirce, evolutionary aesthetics, and literary meaning: Tension, index, symbol
- On the concept of “sign” in the Hebrew Bible
- The role of séméiotique in François Delsarte’s aesthetics
- The lens of firstness: Shamanic/Aboriginal culture as cosmos-sign
- Translating like a conduit? A sociosemiotic analysis of modality in Chinese government press conference interpreting
- The Peircean order of signification and its encoding system in Chinese landscape painting
- Les valeurs culturelles des cafés contemporains Coréens : Analyse sémiotique des pratiques des consommateurs
- Iconic silence: A semiotic paradox or a semiotic paragon?
- Darth Vader in Ukraine: On the boundary between reality and mythology
- Stance markers in television news presentation: Expressivity of eyebrow flashes in the delivery of news
- Review article/Compte rendu
- La sémiotique des formes de vie, un nouveau tournant ?