title: Bə-‘ēmeq ha-bākā (Psalms 84:7) interpreted as ‘Vale of tears’ in early Jewish exegesis and beyond
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metadata.value: Aslanov, Cyril
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metadata.value: 2020-05-07T13:25:18Z
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metadata.value: 2020-05-07T13:25:18Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.value: Aslanov C. Bə-‘ēmeq ha-bākā (Psalms 84:7) interpreted as ‘Vale of tears’ in early Jewish exegesis and beyond. Issues of Theology, 2020, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 94–105.
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metadata.value: http://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2020.106
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17559
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metadata.value: The present study tracks the genealogy of the figurative-paronymic interpretation
  that considers בָּכאָ bākā (Psalms 84:7) a reference to tears and weeping from the
  Septuagint to several rabbinic Jewish sources where the term ‘ēmeq ha-bākā has
  been identified either as a reference to the Gehenna (Targum and Talmud), as a
  metaphoric denomination of the mundane Vale of tears in the liturgical poem
  שוֹשַןׁ עמֵֶק אֲיוּמָה Šōšan ‘ēmeq ayūmāh or as a figurative denomination of the Exile in
  Isaiah of Trani’s commentary to Psalms 84:7, as well as by two Renaissance Jewish
  authors, Joseph Ha-Kohen Ha-Rofe and Rabbi Shelomo Alqabeṣ. Following David
  Qimḥi’s interpretation of the verse, the author suggests rereading the hemistich in
  Psalms 84:7 in a more litteral way through the identification of בָּכאָ bākā with the
  mulberry tree. Qimḥi’s isolated interpretation is all the more tempting in that the
  Latin term bacca/bāca “berry” itself could be viewed as the borrowing of the Phoenician
  or Punic word bākā, parallel to Hebrew בָּכאָ bākā.
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metadata.value: The research was funded by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation (project
  No. 17-18-01295) at St. Petersburg State University.
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 2; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Septuagint
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Targum
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Talmud
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: classical piyyuṭ
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Isaiah of Trani
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Joseph Ha- Kohen Ha-Rofe
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Shelomo Alqabeṣ
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Punic loanwords in Latin
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Bə-‘ēmeq ha-bākā (Psalms 84:7) interpreted as ‘Vale of tears’ in early Jewish exegesis and beyond
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metadata.value: Article
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