Hebrew כֶּתֶר and Greek κίταρις: Revisiting the Persian Hypothesis

Updated by: 
Oz Tamir
Research notes: 
OT/not checked/14/06/2020
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
Thambyrajah, Jonathan
year: 
2020
Full title: 

Hebrew כֶּתֶר and Greek κίταρις: Revisiting the Persian Hypothesis

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
Volume: 
132
Issue / Series Volume: 
2
Abbreviated Series Name: 
ZAW
Pages: 
306-312
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

Although scholars had assumed that the lexemes כֶּתֶר in Hebrew and κίταρις in Greek derived from an Iranian source. More recently it has been argued by Salvesen that the word is genuinely Semitic. In this article, I revisit the older view.

URL: 
https://www.degruyter.com/view/journals/zatw/132/2/article-p306.xml?tab_body=abstract
Label: 
29/06/2020
Record number: 
106 904