12 The Meaning of “Life” in the Hebrew Bible

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Sigla xiv
6. PART ONE: CONCEPTUAL MOTIFS RELATING TO HISTORY, TIME AND CHRONOLOGY
7. 1 Literary Patterns and Speculative Thought in the Hebrew Bible 3
8. 2 Conceptual Patterns of History in the Hebrew Bible 11
9. 3 Literary Patterns and Motifs in the Biblical Creation Tradition 25
10. 4 הד and מדבד: An Antithetical Pair of Biblical Motifs 55
11. 5 The Topped Triad in the Hebrew Bible and the Ascending Numerical Pattern 77
12. 6 “Four Hundred Years” or “Fourth Generation” (Genesis 15:13-15): Historical Time Definitions or Literary Motifs? 125
13. 7 The Signification of אחדת המם, “Latter Days,” in the Hebrew Bible and in the Covenanters’ Literature 137
14. PART TWO: COLLOCATIONS AND THEMES AND THEIR SIGNIFICATION
15. 8 The Barren Wife Motif and its Speculative Signification 159
16. 9 Prophetic Rhetoric and Agricultural Metaphora 171
17. 10 The Collocation משת׳ן בק׳ד זעצזד זעזזב and Its Meaning 183
18. 11 יד זשם: A Biblical Idiomatic Phrase and Its Variations 211
19. 12 The Meaning of “Life” in the Hebrew Bible 237
20. 13 The Signification of שלזם and Its Semantic Field in the Hebrew Bible 251
21. 14 The Signification of Jerusalem in Biblical Thought 291
22. PART THREE: SECOND TEMPLE LITERATURE
23. 15 “Exile” and “Restoration” in the Conceptual World of Ancient Judaism 317
24. 16 Ezra–Nehemiah: Historiography or Theology? 355
25. 17 The “Good Samaritan”—A “Good Israelite”? 379
26. 18 Was the Book of Esther Known at Qumran? 393
27. Bibliography 413
28. Abbreviations 457
29. Index of Sources 463
30. Index of Modern Authors 499