Table of Contents

Abbreviations Illustrations ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 - THE QUEST FOR THE MEANING OF WORDS The Greek Debate on the Nature of Meaning Early Lexicography The Medieval Jewish Grammarians and Lexicographers The Development of the Comparative Method  The Comparative-Historical Method  The Modern Linguistic Period  The State of Biblical Lexicography Today  Hebrew Lexicography Goes Digital  The Contributions of Modern Linguistics  The Shift Away From Etymology  The Problem of Grundbedeutung  The Distinction Between Sign, Sense and Reference  The Shift Away from the Focus on Words Only  The Shift Away From Glosses  Better Classifications of Meanings  Semantic Domain Study  The Limitations of Modern Linguistics  The Limited Corpus of the Hebrew Bible  Biblical Hebrew as a Dead Language  The Problem of Hapax Legomena  The Problem of the Hebrew Bible and Its Composition  The Practical Limitations of Semantic Study  Etymology and Comparative-Historical Study Still Needed  The Approach of This Study  Bibliography for Chapter 1  CHAPTER 2 - THE LIFE CYCLE IN ANCIENT ISRAEL  Realia  Life Expectancy in the Ancient Near East  The Life Cycle in the Ancient Near East  The Life Cycle in Ancient Greece  The Life Cycle in Ancient Israel  Bibliography for Chapter 2  CHAPTER 3 - SEMANTIC STUDY OF HEBREW TERMS FOR THE YOUNG  The Terminology of the Young  Semantic Study of r(n  History of Research  Occurrences in the Hebrew Bible  r(n as ‘servant'  r(n as ‘boy, lad, youth'  Semotactic Observations on r(n  Conclusion  Semantic Study of dly  Semantic Study of P+  Bibliography for Chapter 3  CHAPTER 4 - SEMANTIC STUDY OF HEBREW TERMS FOR THE MATURE  The Terminology of the Mature  Semantic Study of #$y)  Semantic Study of Md)  Semantic Study of rbg  Bibliography for Chapter 4  CHAPTER 5 - SEMANTIC STUDY OF HEBREW TERMS FOR THE AGED  The Terminology of the Aged  Semantic Study of Nqz  Semantic Study of Expressions Using Mymy  Semantic Study of hby#&  The Life Cycle of the Aged  Bibliography for Chapter 5  CONCLUSION  Lessons in Lexical Semantics  Lessons in Lexicography  Lessons on the Life Cycle  Table of the Life Cycle in Biblical Israel  APPENDIX  GLOSSARY  SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY  General  Dictionaries, Lexicons, Theological Wordbooks and Lexical Tools  Linguistics, Lexical Semantics and Lexicography  Works Related to the Life Cycle and Studies of Individual Terms  Semantic Domain Studies

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This study is an investigation into the lexical meanings of Hebrew terms for the human life cycle in the Old Testament.

About the Author

Milton Eng is Adjunct Professor at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ.