Augustine and the Primeval Language in Early Modern Exegesis and Philology
Josef Eskhult
In his influential work City of God — De civitate Dei Augustine identifies Hebrew as the original, or primeval, language mankind, and more accurately that survived confusion languages at Babel in house family Heber, a descendant Noah fifth generation. This article surveys (1) how this claim is related to ideas about topic ancient Jewish Christian sources before after Augustine, (2) demonstrates Augustine’s interpretation biblical primeval history concept interconnected with view on primordial language, (3) explores early modern exegesis philology adopted specific Augustinian model regard question. study both descriptive analytical. It based primary which scholarship linguistic thought hitherto great extent has either failed pay attention misrepresented.
Language & History