Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VII
3. Preface IX
4. Contents XI
5. I Colour Terms: object, study and method
6. I.1 Understanding colour in the Bible 1
7. II The Hebrew Bible Corpus
8. II.1 ירק yereq and its polysemy: ‘verdure’, ‘the colour of grass in the spring’ 39
9. II.2 יר קקר yǝ raqraq and its polysemy: ‘the colour of mould’, ‘the colour of gold’ 51
10. II.3 ירוק yā rôq: ‘greenery’ 68
11. II.4 ירקון yēr ā qôn: ‘the colour of fear’ 74
12. III The Greek Bible Corpus (LXX and NT)
13. III.1 Χλωρός and its polysemy: ‘the colour of vegetation’, ‘the colour of death’, ‘greenness’ 83
14. III.2 Χλωρότης: ‘the colour of a kind of gold’ 109
15. III.3 Χλωρίζω: ‘to turn greenish’ 117
16. III.4 Πράσινος: ‘stone as a colour’ 123
17. IV The Latin Bible Corpus
18. IV.1 Viridis and its polysemy: ‘the colour of grass’, ‘the colour of the almond, poplar and plane trees’, ‘greenness’ 133
19. IV.2 Viriditas: ‘greenery’ 152
20. IV.3 Viror and its polysemy: ‘the colour of calamus and reeds’, ‘the colour of a type of gold’, ‘verdure’ 160
21. IV.4 Vireo: ‘to show the colour of plants’ 170
22. IV.5 Viresco: ‘to become the colour of a tree or the new fresh grass’ 180
23. IV.6 Pallidus: ‘the colour of death’ 185
24. IV.7 Pallor and its polysemy: ‘mould’, ‘the colour of a type of gold’, ‘the colour of fear’ 193
25. V The language of Colour in the Bible
26. V.1 Conclusion 207
27. Abbreviations 214
28. Bibliography 217
29. Index of Ancient Sources 226