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Ancient Place Names in the Yoel Elitzur |
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The book proposes to
answer a basic need in the historical geography of the The earliest scholars
of historical geography of the Holy Land observed a large proportion of
ancient toponyms preserved in Arab speech right up to the modern times, and
as a consequence, Arabic toponyms became a major source for the
identification of ancient sites. For students of Hebrew and other Semitic
languages, the toponymy of the However, the problem is
that as yet, the user of this valuable tool is not governed by any clear-cut
rules. Scholars could always find corroboration for any propose
identification by pointing to a certain Arabic place name. The present volume
is an attempt to formulate rules of toponym
preservation based on positive identifications, and through these rules to
deal with various historical and linguistic questions. Dr. Yoel
Elitzur is engaged in integrated research in several
disciplines: Bible, Hebrew language and the historical geography of the |
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