Beyond Babel: A Handbook for Biblical Hebrew and Related Languages. (Briefly Noted).
Beyond Babel Babel (bā`bəl) [Heb.,=confused], in the Bible, place where Noah's descendants (who spoke one language) tried to build a tower reaching up to heaven to make a name for themselves. : A Handbook for Biblical Hebrew and Related Languages. Edited by John Kaltner and Steven L. McKenzie (Society of Biblical Literature The Society of Biblical Literature is a constituent society of the American Council of Learned Societies with the stated mission to "Foster Biblical Scholarship". Membership is open to the public, including 7200 individuals from over 80 countries. , $29.95). The languages treated here--Akkadian, Ammonite ammonite (ăm`ənīt), one of a type of extinct marine cephalopod mollusk, related to the nautilus and resembling it in having an elaborately coiled and chambered shell. , Edomite, Moabite, Arabic, Aramaic, Egyptian, Hebrew (biblical and post-biblical), Hittite, Phoenician, and Ugaritic--are the ones considered most significant for the study of the Old Testament. Most chapters in the book have a three-part outline: an overview of the language itself; its significance for the study of the Bible; and ancient and modern resources for the study of the language and the literature. The eleven authors are highly competent in the language they discuss and present their material in an accessible way. Readers will learn much about these languages and about the major extrabiblical documents that are thought to be relevant to study of the Old Testament. The only unfortunate omission omission n. 1) failure to perform an act agreed to, where there is a duty to an individual or the public to act (including omitting to take care) or is required by law. Such an omission may give rise to a lawsuit in the same way as a negligent or improper act. is Sumerian.
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