Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages (37 vols.) (1971-2011)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Drawn upon by top grammars, monographs, and commentaries, the Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages contains valuable articles dealing with linguistic, translational, literary, text-critical, historical, religious, and cultural issues related to Ancient Near Eastern texts and societies, as well as articles addressing theoretical issues underlying these fields. This collection includes 37 volumes in 55 issues of this important journal—more than 9,000 pages and hundreds of articles! Contributors to the JNSL include the most advanced scholars in the field of Near Eastern studies, making this the preeminent journal for linguistic, interpretive, exegetical, and historical studies of Northwest Semitic languages and their importance for understanding the context and language of the Hebrew Bible.
Combined with a wealth of resources for Hebrew, Aramaic, Ugaritic, Akkadian, and other Semitic-language studies, the Logos edition of the JNSL is the academic standard for Ancient Near Eastern scholarship. The Logos edition of the JNSL is an essential addition to the libraries of anyone wanting to go deeper into Ancient Near Eastern studies, including biblical languages, comparative Semitics, Old Testament background, textual criticism, and more. Pastors and students looking to explore cutting-edge scholarship on the linguistic, literary, and interpretive issues in the Old Testament will find much value in these pages.
- Hundreds of articles and reviews
- More than 9,000 pages of scholarly articles from over 200 contributors
- Contributions from top Ancient Near Eastern scholars on Old Testament linguistic, cultural, and interpretive issues
- Title: Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages
- Editors: Charles F. Fensham, Walter T. Claassen, Ferdinand E. Deist, Johann Cook, Paul A. Kruger, Izak Cornelius, and C. H. J. van der Merwe
- Series: Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages (JNSL)
- Publisher: University of Stellenbosch
- Volumes: 37
- Issues: 55
- Pages: 9,027
Johann Cook is an Associate Professor at the University of Stellenbosch. He received his M.A. in Semitic languages and Greek and his D.Litt. in Semitic languages from Stellenbosch, and specializes in Hebrew language studies, Aramaic, Syriac and Coptic, textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and aspects of the cultures of the Ancient Near East. He is a member of the executive committee of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies.
Izak Cornelius is a professor at the University of Stellenbosch. He specializes in Ancient Near Eastern culture, religion, and mythology.
Paul Kruger is an Associate Professor at the University of Stellenbosch. He researches and lectures in comparative Near Eastern literature, the history of Near Eastern religion, prophetic literature, and the application of social scientific insights on ancient cultures.
Christo van der Merwe received his M.A. in Semitic languages, his M.Th. in Old Testament, his M.Phil. in technology-enhanced language teaching, and his D.Litt. in Semitic languages, all from the University of Stellenbosch. He specializes in Bible translation as intercultural communication, cognitive linguistics, Biblical Hebrew lexical semantics, Biblical Hebrew structural markers, and the information structure of Biblical Hebrew texts.