Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament: Volume XV

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G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1974 - Religion - 821 pages
This multivolume work is still proving to be as fundamental to Old Testament studies as its companion set, the Kittel-Friedrich Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, has been to New Testament studies.

Beginning with father, and continuing through the alphabet, the TDOT volumes present in-depth discussions of the key Hebrew and Aramaic words in the Old Testament. Leading scholars of various religious traditions (including Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Greek Orthodox, and Jewish) and from many parts of the world (Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States) have been carefully selected for each article by editors Botterweck, Ringgren, and Fabry and their consultants, George W. Anderson, Henri Cazelles, David Noel Freedman, Shemaryahu Talmon, and Gerhard Wallis.

The intention of the writers is to concentrate on meaning, starting from the more general, everyday senses and building to an understanding of theologically significant concepts. To avoid artificially restricting the focus of the articles, TDOT considers under each keyword the larger groups of words that are related linguistically or semantically. The lexical work includes detailed surveys of a word s occurrences, not only in biblical material but also in other ancient Near Eastern writings. Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Ethiopic, Ugaritic, and Northwest Semitic sources are surveyed, among others, as well as the Qumran texts and the Septuagint; and in cultures where no cognate word exists, the authors often consider cognate ideas.

TDOT s emphasis, though, is on Hebrew terminology and on biblical usage. The contributors employ philology as well as form-critical and traditio-historical methods, with the aim of understanding the religious statements in the Old Testament. Extensive bibliographical information adds to the value of this reference work.

This English edition attempts to serve the needs of Old Testament students without the linguistic background of more advanced scholars; it does so, however, without sacrificing the needs of the latter. Ancient scripts (Hebrew, Greek, etc.) are regularly transliterated in a readable way, and meanings of foreign words are given in many cases where the meanings might be obvious to advanced scholars. Where the Hebrew text versification differs from that of English Bibles, the English verse appears in parentheses. Such features will help all earnest students of the Bible to avail themselves of the manifold theological insights contained in this monumental work.
 

Contents

שְׁכַר
5
שָׁלוֹם
13
masqop look down lintel מַשְׁקוֹף squpim שְׁקֵפִים seqep שֶׁקֶף sqp
34
שֶׁלְחָן
75
שָׁלֵם
97
שְׁלָמִים
106
תָּלָאוֹתָּלָה
119
שָׁמַם
238
šālaḥ extend send Hossfeld van der Velden Dahmen
484
šōreš šrš root Renz
489
šulḥān table Ernst
495
šālēm repay make peace whole peaceable Illman
503
šātâ P šqh drink Gamberoni
514
tēbâ ark Zobel
550
šāqal šegel pvp mišqāl shekel Oeming
551
tōhû trackless waste lifelessness futility Görg
565

שֶׁמֶן
249
שָׁמַר
279
249
306
García López
317
šemeš sun Lipiński
324
6
328
שָׁנִי
339
שָׁסָה
349
šālâ nv šalwâ 1ḥ šālēw 1y šālû ease rest quiet
392
Dahmen
396
שִׁפְחָה
405
שָׁפַט
411
12W šāpak
431
שָׁפֵל
442
שָׁקֵט
452
šālôm peace Stendebach
456
תּוֹלְדוֹת
470
šāraq
480
tehom sea Waschke
574
nybin
588
twr investigate spy out Liwak
604
sillesim three Beyse Fabry שְׁלֹשָׁם silkom שְׁלְשׁוֹם
612
שָׁמַיִם
650
Irsigler
681
720
694
תַּן
714
תַּנּוּר
720
tannîn dragon serpent Niehr
726
šmd destroy remove Lohfink
727
tōp tpp timbrel Ottosson
737
šāmayim heaven Bartelmus
745
šāmîr šayit thorn Ringgren
753
Zobel
765
trāpîm Tēpôd 12 bad teraphim ephod
789
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G. Johannes Botterweck (1917-1981) was professor of Old Testament and Catholic theology at the University of Bonn, Germany. Helmer Ringgren (1917-2012) was professor of Old Testament interpretation at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. Heinz-Josef Fabry is professor emeritus of Old Testament at the University of Bonn, Germany.

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