Non-Semitic Loanwords in the Hebrew Bible

Benjamin J. Noonan is Associate Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Columbia International University. He is coeditor of “Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?” A Grammatical Tribute to Professor Stephen A. Kaufman, also published by Eisenbrauns.

• List of TablesAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations List of Entries 1. Introduction1.1 History of Research1.2 Corpus and Parameters of This Study1.3 Terminology1.4 Identifying Loanwords1.5 Mechanisms of Borrowing1.6 Loanwords as Cultural Symbols1.7 Conclusion2. Non-Semitic Contact in Ancient Palestine2.1 The Egyptians2.2 The Greeks2.3 The Hittites and Luvians2.4 The Hurrians2.5 The Indo-Aryans2.6 The Iranians2.7 Conclusion3. Non-Semitic Loanwords in the Hebrew Bible4.Quantitative Analysis4.1 Methodology and Terminology4.2 General Distribution of the Hebrew Bible’s Loanwords4.3 Loanwords and the Hebrew Bible’s Canonical Divisions4.4 Loanwords and the Hebrew Bible’s Source-Critical Divisions4.5 Loanwords and the Hebrew Bible’s Typological Divisions4.6 Loanwords and Parts of Speech4.7 Loanwords and Domain of Use5.LinguisticAnalysis5.1 Phonology5.2 Orthography5.3Morphology6. Evidence for Dialect of Origin and Date of Borrowing6.1 Egyptian6.2 Greek6.3 Hittite and Luvian6.4 Hurrian6.5 Old Indic6.6 Old Iranian6.7 SynthesisChapter 7. Non-Semitic Loanwords as Evidence for Foreign Contact in Ancient Palestine7.1 The Egyptians7.2 The Greeks7.3 The Hittites and Luvians7.4 The Hurrians7.5 The Indo-Aryans7.6 The IraniansEpilogueAppendix: Words Incorrectly Identi ed as Non-Semitic LoansBibliographyIndex of AuthorsIndex of ScriptureIndex of Ancient SourcesIndex of Words

“This is an effective summary of previous studies of this subject and adds many perceptive insights of the author himself. ... [T]he book as a whole provides much stimulating supplementary material for any Hebrew dictionary that has decided to ignore or been content to provide only out-of-date etymological data.”—Mervyn Richardson Journal for the Study of the Old Testament