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Iconographical Study and Semiotic Analysis of Princess Khnumet’s Diadem from the 12th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom 中王国 12 王朝赫努梅特公主徽章的图像学研究和符号学分析

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/16441

Marlene Meyer

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A Symbolic and Ritualistic Exposition of Purification Rites in the Old Testament 旧约》中净化仪式的象征性和仪式性阐释

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2024-05-07 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/15886

Mlamli Diko

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προαίρεσις πνεύματος im LXX-Ekklesiastes LXX-Ekklesiastes 中的精神偏好

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/13704

E. Dafni

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The Two Meanings of ’āšam in Leviticus 5 利未记》第 5 章中 "āšam "的两种含义

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2024-03-04 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/14411

Esias Meyer

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Enheduanna, the “World’s First Author”: An Analysis of Ninmešarra (the Exaltation of Inanna) and Inninšagurra (Queen of Vast Heart) 世界第一作者 "恩赫杜娜：对 Ninmešarra（伊娜娜的升华）和 Inninšagurra（浩瀚之心的女王）的分析

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2023-12-19 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/13660

Akira Coetzee

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Textual Criticism, Literary Criticism, and State Capture: Returning 3 Reigns 12:24p–t to the Canon of Local African Communities 文本批评、文学批评和国家俘虏：将《3 Reigns 12:24p-t》归还给非洲当地社区的典籍

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2023-12-19 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/13518

Gerald O. West

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Making Sense of Destruction: A Frame-Semantic Analysis of šḥt in the Hebrew Bible 理解毁灭：对《希伯来圣经》中 "šḥt "的框架-语义分析

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/15345

Izaak Connoway, Johannes Malherbe

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Intercultural Translation Criticism of the LXX Nomos LXX Nomos的跨文化翻译批评

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2023-11-10 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/13764

Jean-Claude Loba Mkole

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“Without Contraries Is No Progression”: William Blake’s Monistic Understanding of Theodicy as Reflected in His Engravings of the Book of Job “没有对立就没有进步”:威廉·布莱克对神正论的一元论理解反映在他的《约伯记》版画中

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2023-11-10 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/12536

Annette Evans

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The Customary and Existing Order: Reconsidering the Role of Yamm in the Baal Myth 习俗与现存秩序:重新思考亚姆在巴力神话中的角色

Journal for Semitics Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.25159/2663-6573/10759

Bobby Kurnia Putrawan, Ludwig Beethoven Jones Noya, Agus Santoso, None Iswahyudi

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