Rejoice, dear Zion!

By Magnar Kartveit

Subjects: Hebrew language, Bible, Women in the Bible, Construct state (Grammar), Noun, Tochter Zion, Linguistic usage, 18.76 old Hebrew language and/or literature, Language, style, 11.41 study and interpretation of the Old Testament, Tochter, Bibel, Frau, Wortfeld, Jungfräulichkeit, Zion (symbool), Daughters, Hebräisch, Old Testament

Description: "Discussions about the phrase "Daughter of Zion" have not come to rest. The present book is a study of this and similar phrases from a linguistic point of view. Genitive as a category in Semitic grammar is treated in a separate chapter, and metaphor and irony are brought into the discussion. The author proposes new understandings and translations of the phrases ..."--Back cover.