De fructu oris sui.
Subtitle: Essays in honour of Adrianus van Selms.
By: Edited by I.H. Eybers, F.C. Fensham, C.J. Labuschagne a.o.
Contributors: Selms, Adriaan van, 1906-; Eybers, I. H. ed.
Series: Pretoria oriental series,; v.9
Publisher: Brill
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Bible. O.T.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The connection between the concepts of darkness and drought as well as light and vegetation, by A.P.B. Breytenbach.-The Rechabites, a sect in biblical times, by L. Bronner.-The roots qr, 'r, ǵr and ş/ţr; title: "stone, wall, city" etc., by H.J. Dreyer.-Some remarks concerning the composition of the historical books of the Old Testament, by I.H. Eybers.-Problems in connection with translation of ancient texts, by F.C. Fensham.-The earliest name of the earliest church, by A.S. Geyser.-Assonance in ancient Hebrew poetry: sound patterns as a literary device, by J.J. Glück.-The song of Moses: its framework and structure, by C.J. Labuschagne.-The concept of darkness in the Hebrew root 'rb/'rp, by J.A. Loader.-"The city which has foundations": Hebrews 11:8-10 in the light of the Mari texts, by L.M. Muntingh.-Isaac typology in the Koran, by J.A. Naudé.-The "righteousness of the nations of the world," by J. Newman.-What is man ...? By J.P. Oberholzer.-; title: continued.-The origin of the ancient Syriac New Testament texts, by H.S. Pelser.-Aspects of morphological pecularities of the language of Qoheleth, by S.J. du Plessis.-Divine revelation in holy scripture (with special reference to Genesis 1 and 2), by S. du Toit.-The use of the prepositional phrase bmymr' in the Neofiti I version of Genesis, by W.S. Vorster.-Some notes on the term      , by J.P. van der Westhuizen.-Allusions to "prehistory" and history in the book of Nahum, by W.C. van Wyk.-The unity of Psalm 27, by A.H. van Zyl.-Publications by A. van Selms (p. [252]-259)