A Cognitive Semantic Study of Biblical Hebrew

Andrew Chin Hei Leong, Ph.D. (2019), K.U. Leuven, Belgium, is Assistant Professor at the University of Saint Joseph, Macau. He has published on Postcolonial Biblical Hermeneutics and on Comparative Studies of Ancient Chinese Literature and O.T.

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Introduction

 1 A Survey of Previously Conducted Research

 2 The Semitic Cognates of שׁלם

 3 Research Question

 4 Limitations of Our Research

 5 Outline of the Book



1 Methodology

 1 Theoretical Question: Homonymy and Polysemy

 2 Methodological Discussion

 3 Illustration of the Methodology by Way of Examples

 4 Specificity of the Present Study Vis-à-Vis Contemporary Semantic Studies



2 The שׁלם D Stem

 1 To Give Back: To Reach a Balance (between Two Parties)

 2 To Retribute: To Reach Balance (Involving Three Parties)

 3 Retribution as Balance

 4 Cruces Interpretum



3 The שׁלם G Stem

 1 To Be Complete and To Be Finished

 2 To Make an Alliance, To Be an Ally

 3 Two Homonymous Verbs or One Polysemous Verb?



4 The שׁלם H Stem

 1 To Make (Something) Complete / Finished

 2 To Enter an Alliance (with Someone)

 3 Observation on the Prepositions

 4 Conclusion



5 Synthesis of the Semasiological Investigation of שׁלם

 1 The שׁלם D Stem

 2 The שׁלם G Stem

 3 The שׁלם H Stem

 4 A Unified Polysemous שׁלם

 5 Relations between Stem-Formations

 6 Comparison with the Semitic Cognates



6 Wider Perspectives

 1 Research Results

 2 Onomasiological Study of the Polysemy of שׁלם

 3 Nominal and Adjectival Forms of the Root שׁלם



Conclusion

 1 Semantic and Methodological Notes

 2 Theological Issues: Retribution and Peace



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