List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
List of Entries
1. Introduction
1.1 History of Research
1.2 Corpus and Parameters of This Study
1.3 Terminology
1.4 Identifying Loanwords
1.5 Mechanisms of Borrowing
1.6 Loanwords as Cultural Symbols
1.7 Conclusion
2. Non-Semitic Contact in Ancient Palestine
2.1 The Egyptians
2.2 The Greeks
2.3 The Hittites and Luvians
2.4 The Hurrians
2.5 The Indo-Aryans
2.6 The Iranians
2.7 Conclusion
3. Non-Semitic Loanwords in the Hebrew Bible
4.Quantitative Analysis
4.1 Methodology and Terminology
4.2 General Distribution of the Hebrew Bible’s Loanwords
4.3 Loanwords and the Hebrew Bible’s Canonical Divisions
4.4 Loanwords and the Hebrew Bible’s Source-Critical Divisions
4.5 Loanwords and the Hebrew Bible’s Typological Divisions
4.6 Loanwords and Parts of Speech
4.7 Loanwords and Domain of Use
5.LinguisticAnalysis
5.1 Phonology
5.2 Orthography
5.3Morphology
6. Evidence for Dialect of Origin and Date of Borrowing
6.1 Egyptian
6.2 Greek
6.3 Hittite and Luvian
6.4 Hurrian
6.5 Old Indic
6.6 Old Iranian
6.7 Synthesis
Chapter 7. Non-Semitic Loanwords as Evidence for Foreign Contact in Ancient Palestine
7.1 The Egyptians
7.2 The Greeks
7.3 The Hittites and Luvians
7.4 The Hurrians
7.5 The Indo-Aryans
7.6 The Iranians
Epilogue
Appendix: Words Incorrectly Identi ed as Non-Semitic Loans
Bibliography
Index of Authors
Index of Scripture
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Words