Author
Stern; Philip D.
Year
2020
Publisher
Brown Judaic Studies
Language
English
Pages
15
ISBN
978-1-94652-798-1
Last Update
20-Aug-2025
Keywords
Religion ; Jewish Studies
In an investigation of a particular Hebrew practice, which, like the חרם, was encapsulated in a single word, it is traditional to begin by studying its root as it is manifested in the various Semitic languages. Fortunately for the present study, C. H. W. Brekelmans, in his pioneering dissertation published under the name De ḥerem in het Oude Testament (1959), has surveyed in his opening chapter a wide range of Semitic languages with a good deal of acumen. Hence it is not necessary for us to duplicate his work, but merely to supplement it and to reassess the evidence as...
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