Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period

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Semitic words and names appear in unprecedented numbers in texts of the New Kingdom, the period when the Egyptian empire extended into Syria-Palestine. In his book, James Hoch provides a comprehensive account of these words--their likely origins, their contexts, and their implications for the study of Egyptian and Semitic linguistics and Late-Bronz

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"This very substantial volume is a major contribution to our understanding and interpretation of the wide variety of Semitic words ... to be found in ancient Egyptian texts."--Philology and Grammar