Database Project "Ancient Hebrew Personal Names"

• Applicants: Professor Dr. Viktor Golinets; Professor Dr. Hans Rechenmacher
• Subject Area: Roman Catholic Theology ; Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
• Term: from 2014 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 251513035

In continuation of the Project "Biblical Hebrew Personal Names" anthroponyms from pre-exilic inscriptions, seals and bullae will be analysed and digitally processed in a similar way, to offer convenient access to Ancient Hebrew onomastics for students and scholars of Hebrew, Jewish, Semitic and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Old Testament, Religious as well as History Studies. Books and studies can organize data only according to several features predefined by the author, whereas a database can be queried on any feature and can deliver the material in customized lists. This is of major importance for onomastics, since taking in account the complete corpus is a crucial methodological point. Analytical decisions based upon single unit or segment considerations are to be avoided as a matter of principle. In addition to the name itself (in transliteration and transcription) structured information on morphemes (verbal and nominal elements according to their types, bases and roots) and overall syntactic-semantic information (nominal and verbal sentence patterns, corresponding to certain semantic patterns and word groups) as well as a translation will be presented. Furthermore, the database offers deliberations about certain names or name types, links to Biblical Hebrew and West Semitic onomastics as well as bibliographic data.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants