Cognitive Semantic Study of Biblical Hebrew

Andrew Chin Hei Leong, Ph.D. (2019), K.U. Leuven, Belgium, is Assistant Professor at the University of Saint Joseph, Macau. He has published on Postcolonial Biblical Hermeneutics and on Comparative Studies of Ancient Chinese Literature and O.T.

• AcknowledgementsList of FiguresList of TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction1 A Survey of Previously Conducted Research2 The Semitic Cognates of שׁלם3 Research Question4 Limitations of Our Research5 Outline of the Book1 Methodology1 Theoretical Question: Homonymy and Polysemy2 Methodological Discussion3 Illustration of the Methodology by Way of Examples4 Specificity of the Present Study Vis-à-Vis Contemporary Semantic Studies2 The שׁלם D Stem1 To Give Back: To Reach a Balance (between Two Parties)2 To Retribute: To Reach Balance (Involving Three Parties)3 Retribution as Balance4 Cruces Interpretum3 The שׁלם G Stem1 To Be Complete and To Be Finished2 To Make an Alliance, To Be an Ally3 Two Homonymous Verbs or One Polysemous Verb?4 The שׁלם H Stem1 To Make (Something) Complete / Finished2 To Enter an Alliance (with Someone)3 Observation on the Prepositions4 Conclusion5 Synthesis of the Semasiological Investigation of שׁלם1 The שׁלם D Stem2 The שׁלם G Stem3 The שׁלם H Stem4 A Unified Polysemous שׁלם5 Relations between Stem-Formations6 Comparison with the Semitic Cognates6 Wider Perspectives1 Research Results2 Onomasiological Study of the Polysemy of שׁלם3 Nominal and Adjectival Forms of the Root שׁלםConclusion1 Semantic and Methodological Notes2 Theological Issues: Retribution and PeaceBibliographyIndex