Sunday, January 22, 2023

Review of The Language of Colour in the Bible

WILLIAM A. ROSS: THE LANGUAGE OF COLOUR IN THE BIBLE (A SHORT REVIEW).
Today I want to draw attention to a fascinating new book dealing with linguistic theory and biblical lexicography, two areas of research that are near and dear to my heart. This volume, entitled The Language of Colour in the Bible: Embodied Colour Terms Related to Green, was edited by a team of scholars that includes my friend and colleague in philology, Anna Angelini, who was kind enough to send me a copy.

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I noted the publication of the book here.

For PaleoJudaica posts on language and ancient color perception, see here (cf. here) and links.

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