Incidental Loaning and the Babylonian Context of Second Isaiah
The Case for an Akkadian Borrowing in Isaiah 47:2
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The social location of Second Isaiah has been an issue of renewed scholarly debate in the past decade. In this debate, H. G. M. Williamson has called attention to the role of terminology in identifying the probable geographical provenance of this portion of Isaiah. In this article, we examine an instance of language contact in Isa 47:2 and argue that the hapax legomenon
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Incidental Loaning and the Babylonian Context of Second Isaiah
The Case for an Akkadian Borrowing in Isaiah 47:2
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Abstract
The social location of Second Isaiah has been an issue of renewed scholarly debate in the past decade. In this debate, H. G. M. Williamson has called attention to the role of terminology in identifying the probable geographical provenance of this portion of Isaiah. In this article, we examine an instance of language contact in Isa 47:2 and argue that the hapax legomenon
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 331 | 226 | 16 |
| Full Text Views | 52 | 35 | 3 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 155 | 89 | 4 |