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Language contact thus attests to encounters between people that encode the formation of identity. This process can also be observed in the Hebrew Bible. The biblical texts were written and transmitted in changing imperial contexts, beginning with the Neo-Assyrian period. In this fashion, the study of the languages of these texts (Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic) and their evolution offer windows into the experiences of the people who navigated changing political landscapes from the Iron Age to the Hellenistic era. Additionally, this area of research provides insight into the ways in which subsequent interpreters' perceptions of the biblical texts shaped their own religious identities. The importance of understanding the languages of the Bible and the ways in which the analysis of its grammars cultivates religious identity was evident already in the early days of the critical study of this text. For example, in the sixteenth century CE, Joseph Justus Scaliger recognized the connection between the linguistic understanding of the Bible, interpretation, and religious belief when he said "There is no other source of disagreements in religion than the ignorance of grammar."3 The ana

Publisher

BRILL

Published

2021

Language

EN