Biblical Hebrew Forum

[decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca (Vincent DeCaen)]

dear friends,

a final updated draft 6 of the nunation paper is available in my papers 
directory

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~decaen/papers/

cheers,
V

p.s. if anyone is aware of a recent paper arguing against late dating of 
the P source, on the basis of nunation--actually the absence thereof--i'd 
appreciate the reference.
 
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Dr Vincent DeCaen
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Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations
University of Toronto

Hebrew Syntax Encoding Initiative (HSEI)
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~decaen/hsei/
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Subject: [b-hebrew] 
        Is the Hebrew idea of emunah/aman/amen pledging into or keeping a
        covenant?
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I have been working on a Hebrew definition of
faith/believe and looking at it as entering into a
covenant relationship with God. I have studied the
words emunah, aman, and amen. In a recent post Carie
asked for a Hebrew word defining: 


> > Faith - as in the covenent, or pledge, between G-D
> > and the people of Israel.  Is there one word that
> is
> > particularly associated with the bond made between
> > Moses (and Jews) and G-d on Mt. Sinai?
> 
> Emunah (alef mem nun heh) = faith (trust, belief,
> "solidness")
> 
> OR
> 
> Khesed (khet samekh dalet) = lovingkindness,
> faithfulness, mercy, love
> 
> > Integrity - as in adherence, loyalty, purity?
> 
> Emunah (again)

Interestingly, two of the replies I noticed mentioned
emunah or amen. I would like to hear from anyone,
including those who responded to Carie's post, a more
detailed explanation for why these Hebrew words have
this meaning as opposed to the more common definition
of rational belief many associate with faith. Can
amen, and especially aman, mean pledging into a
covenant? Does emunah point only to trust and belief,
or is the meaning broader? I am aware of the
definition of emunah as faithfulness; but does it also
have a distinct relation to the making and keeping of
covenants? Also, why did this respondent give khesed
as a word that defines faith?

I'd also be interested in any recommended reading,
either books or reference citations or scriptures.

Sincerely, Laurence Schell

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Dear Rodney K. Duke,

in my opinion too SPAtlantis is the best for you, as Ken noted, but I cannot 
agree
with Peter Kirk that it is in principle better to use the Unicode characters 
built
into standard Windows fonts because not everyone already is able to read & 
write
unicode. And SP Atlantis is useful for different platforms (also for the Mac).

Reinhard


>
> SBL's own free transliteration font is SPAtlantis, which can be found at
> ftp://ftp.sbl-site2.org/fonts/windows/
> However, as Peter Kirk said, it is in principle better to use the Unicode
> characters built into standard Windows fonts.
>
> Ken Penner, M.C.S. (Regent College), M.A. (McMaster)
> Vocabulary Memorisation Software:
> http://socserv.socsci.mcmaster.ca/westerholm/flash or http://sensoft.nav.to
>
> > Do any of you know a freeware Hebrew transliteration font for the SBL
> > style of transliteration that works with Windows?
>
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