The relevance of certain Semiticisms in the Gothic New Testament
Abstract
It is worth emphasizing that it is not the generic Greek language which exerts Hellenizing influence on Gothic, but rather the Greek New Testament specifically. This is demonstrated by the consideration of unGreek features of the Greek New Testament, such as Semiticisms. This approach also resolves an anomalous usage of Gothic jabai, generally unexplained in grammars and dictionaries, and highlights a departure from the sense of the Greek in one passage.
Citation
Wolfe , B N 2018 , ' The relevance of certain Semiticisms in the Gothic New Testament ' NOWELE | North-Western European Language Evolution , vol. 71 , no. 2 , pp. 249-256 . https://doi.org/10.1075/nowele.00015.wol
Publication
NOWELE | North-Western European Language Evolution
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0108-8416Type
Journal article
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© John Benjamins Publishing Company. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created accepted version manuscript following peer review and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1075/nowele.00015.wol
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