O trabalho meticuloso de preservação e de transmissão da Bíblia Hebraica elaborado pelos massoretas, no período medieval, recebe o nome de massorá. Tal designação técnica refere-se, especificamente, ao conjunto de anotações escrito nos códices massoréticos medievais de tradição tiberiense. Tais observações são também encontradas nas modernas edições críticas da Bíblia Hebraica e em algumas publicações de Bíblias rabínicas. As observações foram elaboradas e desenvolvidas por três tradições massoréticas distintas: a babilônica, a palestina e a tiberiense. A massorá de tradição tiberiense é aquela que se tornou definitiva e a mais estudada pelo mundo acadêmico. A massorá de tradição tiberiense é composta por itens terminológicos de procedência aramaica e hebraica. Os termos massoréticos foram usados de forma específica para indicar os vários aspectos do texto da Bíblia Hebraica, como questões relacionadas a consoantes, sinais vocálicos, acentos de cantilação, palavras, expressões, grafias, além de detalhes e observações gramaticais. Esse trabalho teve como objetivo principal a preservação e a transmissão completa do corpus das Sagradas Escrituras hebraicas. Devido a tal fato, esta tese é dedicada a dois objetivos principais: 1. Estudar e trazer contribuições sobre a realidade lingüística vivida pelos massoretas e seu trato das línguas hebraica e aramaica dentro da massorá. Esse estudo pretende verificar se a linguagem da massorá poderia constituir um jargão, uma gíria ou uma linguagem de especialidade. Além disso, o trabalho aborda, mesmo que brevemente, questões relacionadas à linguagem elíptica e sintetizada da massorá. 2. Seleção e análise de um conjunto de itens terminológicos massoréticos registrados no Códice de Leningrado: Firkowitch I. B19a (L), classificando-os de acordo com sua natureza semântica, como monossememia e polissememia e tipos de neologia semântica, como extensão, estreitamento, sinédoque etc. Em suma, uma classificação de possíveis situações de neologismos semânticos presentes na massorá tiberiense, como registrada no Códice L. / The meticulous work of preservation and transmission of the Hebrew Bible created by the masoretes, in the Medieval period, is called Masorah. This technical designation refers, specifically, to the annotations written in the Medieval Masoretic codices of Tiberian tradition. These notes are also found in the modern critical editions of the Hebrew Bible and in some publications of Rabbinical Bibles. The notes were created and developed by three different Masoretic traditions: Babylonian, Palestinian and Tiberian. The Tiberian Masorah has been the definitive form and the most-studied one in the scholarly world. The Tiberian Masorah has terminological items of Aramaic and Hebrew origins. The Masoretic terms were used in a specific way to show the several aspects of the Hebrew Bible text, such as consonants, vocalic signals, intonation accents, words, expressions, spelling, orthography and also grammatical notes. The main aim of such work was the complete preservation and transmission of the corpus of the Sacred Hebrew Scriptures. On account of this fact, this thesis is dedicated to two main aims: 1. To study and to present contributions about the linguistic reality of the masoretes and their approach to the Hebrew and Aramaic languages inside the Masorah. In addition, this research verifies if the Masorah language would be jargon, slang or speciality language. Besides, this work broaches, briefly, issues about the elliptic and synthetic language of the Masorah. 2. Collection and analysis of a set of Masoretic terminological items registered in the Leningrad Codex: Firkowitch I. B19a (L), classifying them according to their semantic nature, such as monossememic and polissememic and classes of semantic neology such as extension, narrowing, synecdoche and so on. In summary, a linguistic classification of possible situations of semantic neologisms in the Tiberian Masorah that is found in the Codex L.

Em estudos sobre o profetismo da Bíblia Hebraica, constata-se a referência à presença de relatos de ações simbólicas. Ainda que fragmentários, os estudos que mencionam tais ações englobam diversas visões. Neste trabalho apresenta-se, em língua portuguesa, uma introdução às ações simbólicas dos profetas da Bíblia Hebraica, abordando os principais pontos de vista vigentes no cenário acadêmico. Também se expõe as principais características das ações simbólicas e a importância do panorama das maldições da aliança do Pentateuco, para uma melhor compreensão do tema. / In Hebrew Bible Prophetism studies, one can notice the mention to the presence of symbolic actions reports. Although fragmentary, the studies that mention such actions encompass diverse views. The following research presents, in Portuguese, an introduction to the symbolic actions of the biblical prophets addressing the main standpoints of the academic scenario. Likewise, it presents the main characteristics of their symbolic actions and the importance of the Pentateuch covenant curses background for a better understanding of the theme.

Em estudos sobre o profetismo da Bíblia Hebraica, constata-se a referência à presença de relatos de ações simbólicas. Ainda que fragmentários, os estudos que mencionam tais ações englobam diversas visões. Neste trabalho apresenta-se, em língua portuguesa, uma introdução às ações simbólicas dos profetas da Bíblia Hebraica, abordando os principais pontos de vista vigentes no cenário acadêmico. Também se expõe as principais características das ações simbólicas e a importância do panorama das maldições da aliança do Pentateuco, para uma melhor compreensão do tema. / In Hebrew Bible Prophetism studies, one can notice the mention to the presence of symbolic actions reports. Although fragmentary, the studies that mention such actions encompass diverse views. The following research presents, in Portuguese, an introduction to the symbolic actions of the biblical prophets addressing the main standpoints of the academic scenario. Likewise, it presents the main characteristics of their symbolic actions and the importance of the Pentateuch covenant curses background for a better understanding of the theme.

Ring composition is a literary form found throughout the ancient world. In it, a series of elements advances, one after the other, until it reaches a center point, whereupon the sequence is reversed and returns to its beginning in inverted order. Hence, the first element is paired with the last, the second with the second to the last, and so on, with the second half of the ring a mirror image of the first half. Although ring compositions occur throughout the ancient world, the practice of writing in rings fell out of literary fashion and faded from collective memory. Later readers, unfamiliar with its conventions, found ring compositions difficult to recognize, leading to misinterpretations of numerous ancient texts. Such confusion is evident with the Elijah-Elisha cycle of stories in 1 Kgs 16:23--2 Kgs 13:25. Biblical scholars have routinely maligned these stories as a nonsensical jumble of prophetic tales. This dissertation demonstrates that the stories are not disorganized. Rather, they have been redacted in the formal structure of a ring composition with six rungs. The dissertation follows the lead of the late Mary Douglas, who brought new insights to bear on the problems inherent in identifying and interpreting ancient ring compositions--most critically, in helping to establish what constitutes a parallel correspondence. When we recognize the chiastic structure of the Elijah-Elisha cycle of stories, we discover a carefully crafted work of propaganda that promotes the religious, political, and social reforms of King Josiah of Judah (7th century BCE). These tales had their origins in the traditions of northern Israel, but they were later appropriated and recontextualized by a Judean redactor. Retold, transformed, and arranged in the form of a ring composition, the stories of Elijah and Elisha were employed to build northern support for a neo-Davidic kingdom ruled from Jerusalem. Championing the rallying cry of holy war, Josiah and his party sought to reunite the divided kingdom by capitalizing on the misfortunes of the Assyrian Empire. Under the leadership of Josiah, the chariots and horses of fire--the heavenly army of YHWH--would once again battle for Israel.

Scholarship on the onomastics of the ancient Near East typically evaluates a single text corpus or collection of names from a specific region, with a focus on names of a variety of linguistic origins from either alphabetic or cuneiform source material. This dissertation serves as a compilation of Aramaic names from both alphabetic and cuneiform sources geographically delimited to Syria, Mesopotamia, and the Levant (excluding Egypt and Anatolia) during the first half of the first millennium BCE. The product of a methodic evaluation of ancient Near Eastern texts and inscriptions, utilizing both linguistic and conceptual criteria in its selection, this compilation of names is analyzed according to the established taxonomic systems that have been developed in the study of Hebrew, Akkadian, and other Semitic names throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century. Additional analyses in this volume include a comparative anthroponomy, a study of theophoric elements, an overview of names based on their morphological features, and various explorations of the elements found within them. Ultimately, this study serves to catalog the individuals with Aramaic names leading up to the time when Aramaic was the lingua franca of the greater ancient Near East, / 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

<p> The barrenness narratives of the Hebrew Bible are not only theological but also cultural in nature. A reading of these texts highlights the fact that in the Hebrew culture, and larger ancient Near Eastern context, childbirth was central to a woman's identity. Since beliefs regarding fertility and infertility are similar in the Akan culture, this dissertation proposes that an African (Akan) perspective may be the bridge needed between the Western readings, in which infertility is not viewed so tragically, and the original ANE context, in which infertility is a shameful and tragic condition for a woman. In addition to examining biological infertility this dissertation will also explore "social barrenness." "Social barrenness" is an original term in this dissertation that seeks to categorise other kinds of barrenness circumstances described within the Hebrew Bible. An awareness of the cultural reality, and varieties, of infertility further elucidates the desperation and lengths to which women in the biblical narratives will go in order to have children. Additionally, an appreciation for the cultural dynamics of the narratives will illuminate the theological message(s) of the story. Since this study employs a cultural-narrative approach, it is appropriate to coin the word "wom(b)an," to underscore the centrality of the womb to a woman's identity in the Hebrew and Akan cultures.</p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Thesis advisor: Andrew Davis / Thesis advisor: Ernesto Valiente / Thesis (STL) — Boston College, 2023. / Submitted to: Boston College. School of Theology and Ministry. / Discipline: Sacred Theology.

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