Two Onomatological Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5154785 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Israel Eitan (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1929 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Pages | 30 |
| Publication date | 1929-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/592945 |
| OpenAlex | W2318594954 |
| Language | EN |
taken by modern scholars to represent no more than a popular etymology-and for good reasons. First, the popular imagination of the ancients would certainly have found for the first woman in human history some more concrete and precise characterization than an abstract name as general and comprehensive as Life, suitable only to Mankind. Secondly, as the root for life in Hebrew and in the cognate languages is one with second yod, the above identification would necessarily imply rmn-with waw-to rep
History · Medical and Biological Sciences · Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
| Highly cited | No |
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