Historical Linguistics And Biblical Hebrew

Author : Robert Rezetko,Ian Young
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781628370461

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Historical Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew by Robert Rezetko,Ian Young Pdf

!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" html meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type" body A philologically robust approach to the history of ancient Hebrew In this book the authors work toward constructing an approach to the history of ancient Hebrew that overcomes the chasm of academic specialization. The authors illustrate how cross-textual variable analysis and variation analysis advance research on Biblical Hebrew and correct theories based on extra-linguistic assumptions, intuitions, and ideologies by focusing on variation of forms/uses in the Masoretic text and variation between the Masoretic text and other textual traditions. Features: A unique approach that examines the nature of the sources and the description of their language together Extensive bibliography for further research Tables of linguistic variables and parallels

Author : Walter Ray Bodine
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0931464552

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Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew by Walter Ray Bodine Pdf

The essays in this volume arose out of the Society of Biblical Literature section on linguistics and Biblical Hebrew and have been selected to provide a summary and statement of the state of the question with regard to a number of areas of investigation. The sixteen articles are organized into sections on phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse analysis, historical/comparative linguistics, and graphemics.

Author : Ronald Hendel,Jan Joosten
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300234886

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How Old Is the Hebrew Bible? by Ronald Hendel,Jan Joosten Pdf

From two expert scholars comes a comprehensive study of the dating of the Hebrew Bible The age of the Hebrew Bible is a topic that has sparked controversy and debate in recent years. The scarcity of clear evidence allows for the possibility of many views, though these are often clouded by theological and political biases. This impressive, broad‑ranging book synthesizes recent linguistic, textual, and historical research to clarify the history of biblical literature, from its oldest texts and literary layers to its youngest. In clear, concise language, the authors provide a comprehensive overview that cuts across scholarly specialties to create a new standard for the historical study of the Bible. This much‑needed work paves the path forward to dating the Hebrew Bible and understanding crucial aspects of its historical and contemporary significance.

Author : Adina Mosak Moshavi,Tania Notarius
Publisher : Linguistic Studies in Ancient
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1575064812

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Advances in Biblical Hebrew Linguistics by Adina Mosak Moshavi,Tania Notarius Pdf

Based on papers presented at the 16th World Congress of Jewish Studies.

Author : Edit Doron,Malka Rappaport Hovav,Yael Reshef,Moshe Taube
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027262431

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Language Contact, Continuity and Change in the Genesis of Modern Hebrew by Edit Doron,Malka Rappaport Hovav,Yael Reshef,Moshe Taube Pdf

The emergence of Modern Hebrew as a spoken language constitutes a unique event in modern history: a language which for generations only existed in the written mode underwent a process popularly called “revival”, acquiring native speakers and becoming a language spoken for everyday use. Despite the attention it has drawn, this particular case of language-shift, which differs from the better-documented cases of creoles and mixed languages, has not been discussed within the framework of the literature on contact-induced change. The linguistic properties of the process have not been systematically studied, and the status of the emergent language as a (dis)continuous stage of its historical sources has not been evaluated in the context of other known cases of language shift. The present collection presents detailed case studies of the syntactic evolution of Modern Hebrew, alongside general theoretical discussion, with the aim of bringing the case of Hebrew to the attention of language-contact scholars, while bringing the insights of the literature on language contact to help shed light on the case of Hebrew.

Author : Cynthia Miller-Naudé,Ziony Zevit
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066837

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Diachrony in Biblical Hebrew by Cynthia Miller-Naudé,Ziony Zevit Pdf

Diachrony in Biblical Hebrew is an indispensable publication for biblical scholars, whose interpretations of scriptures must engage the dates when texts were first composed and recorded, and for scholars of language, who will want to read these essays for the latest perspectives on the historical development of Biblical Hebrew. For Hebraists and linguists interested in the historical development of the Hebrew language, it is an essential collection of studies that address the language’s development during the Iron Age (in its various subdivisions), the Neo-Babylonian and Persian periods, and the Early Hellenistic period. Written for both “text people” and “language people,” this is the first book to address established Historical Linguistics theory as it applies to the study of Hebrew and to focus on the methodologies most appropriate for Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic. The book provides exemplary case studies of orthography, lexicography, morphology, syntax, language contact, dialectology, and sociolinguistics and, because of its depth of coverage, has broad implications for the linguistic dating of Biblical texts. The presentations are rounded out by useful summary histories of linguistic diachrony in Aramaic, Ugaritic, and Akkadian, the three languages related to and considered most crucial for Biblical research.

Author : Susan Anne Groom
Publisher : Paternoster Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Bible
ISBN : UCSC:32106016094275

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Linguistic Analysis of Biblical Hebrew by Susan Anne Groom Pdf

Many linguistic tools and methods are applied to biblical texts in order to gain meaning from them. Such applications do not always take into account the perspective of the investigators, the presuppositions of the method used and the nature of the material to which it is applied. These are all factors that influence the meaning obtained from the text. Sue Groom takes us through the pitfalls and limitations of the various methods available and considers textual transmission, diachronic and dialectical variation and the impact these have on the relationship between reader, author and text. Combining a critical account of long established approaches to Hebrew meanings with a lucid introduction to newer and more recent methods such as lexical semantics and text linguistics, this illuminating read will be of interest to those who have previously studied Hebrew as well as those who know no Hebrew or would like to start somewhere.

Author : Aaron D. Hornkohl,Geoffrey Khan
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781800641662

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New Perspectives in Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew by Aaron D. Hornkohl,Geoffrey Khan Pdf

Most of the papers in this volume originated as presentations at the conference Biblical Hebrew and Rabbinic Hebrew: New Perspectives in Philology and Linguistics, which was held at the University of Cambridge, 8–10th July, 2019. The aim of the conference was to build bridges between various strands of research in the field of Hebrew language studies that rarely meet, namely philologists working on Biblical Hebrew, philologists working on Rabbinic Hebrew and theoretical linguists. This volume is the published outcome of this initiative. It contains peer-reviewed papers in the fields of Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew that advance the field by the philological investigation of primary sources and the application of cutting-edge linguistic theory. These include contributions by established scholars and by students and early career researchers.

Author : Angel Sáenz-Badillos
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521556341

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A History of the Hebrew Language by Angel Sáenz-Badillos Pdf

This book is a comprehensive description of Hebrew from its Semitic origins and the earliest settlement of the Israelite tribes in Canaan to the present day.

Author : Mark F. Rooker
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9781850752301

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Biblical Hebrew in Transition by Mark F. Rooker Pdf

Author : Aaron Hornkohl
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004269651

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Ancient Hebrew Periodization and the Language of the Book of Jeremiah by Aaron Hornkohl Pdf

In Ancient Hebrew Periodization and the Language of the Book of Jeremiah, Aaron Hornkohl attempts to date this biblical work, both as a whole and according to the constituent layers of which it is apparently composed, on the basis of diachronic linguistic typology.

Author : David Allan Dawson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781474236140

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Text-Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew by David Allan Dawson Pdf

Modern linguistics is a relative newcomer in the scientific world, and text-linguistics, or discourse analysis, is one of its youngest disciplines. This fact has inclined many toward scepticism of its value for the Hebraist, yet much benefit is thereby overlooked. In this work, the author examines recent contributions to Hebrew text-linguistics by Niccacci, Andersen, Eskhult, Khan, and Longacre, evaluating them against a twofold standard of theoretical and methodological integrity, and clarity of communication. An extensive introduction to one particularly promising model of text analysis (from Longacre's tagmemic school) is given, and a step-by-step methodology is presented. Analyses according to this model and methodology are given of seven extended text samples, each building on the findings of the previous analyses: Judg. 2; Lev. 14.1-32; Lev. 6.1-7.37; parallel instructions and historical reports about the building of the Tabernacle, from Exodus 25-40; Judg. 10.6-12.7; and the book of Ruth in its entirety. Considerable attention is given to the question of text-linguistics and reported speech.

Author : Steven E. Fassberg,Steven Ellis Fassberg,Avi Hurvitz
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Bible
ISBN : 1575061163

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Biblical Hebrew in Its Northwest Semitic Setting by Steven E. Fassberg,Steven Ellis Fassberg,Avi Hurvitz Pdf

In 1961 William L. Morgan published "The Hebrew Language in Its Northwest Semitic Background", in which he presented a state-of-the-art description of the linguistic milieu out of which Biblical Hebrew developed. Moran stressed the features found in earlier Northwest Semitic languages that are similar to Hebrew and he demonstrated how the study of those languages sheds light on Biblical Hebrew. Since Moran wrote, our knowledge of both the Hebrew of the biblical period and of Northwest Semitic has increased considerably. In the lights of new epigraphic finds and the significant advances in the fields of Biblical Hebrew and Northwest Semitic in the past four decades, the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem convened an international research group during the 2001-2002 academic year on the topic "Biblical Hebrew in Its Northwest Semitic setting: Typological and Historical Perspectives." The volume presents the fruits of the year-long collaboration and contains twenty articles based on lectures given during the year by members of the groups and invited guests. A wide array of subjects are discussed, all of which have implications for the study of Biblical Hebrew and Northwest Semitic.

Author : Joshua Blau
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575066011

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Phonology and Morphology of Biblical Hebrew by Joshua Blau Pdf

More than 80 years have passed since Bauer and Leander’s historical grammar of Biblical Hebrew was published, and many advances in comparative historical grammar have been made during the interim. Joshua Blau, who has for much of his life been associated with the Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem, has during the past half century studied, collected data, and written frequently on various aspects of the Hebrew language. Phonology and Morphology of Biblical Hebrew had its origins in an introduction to Biblical Hebrew first written some 40 years ago; it has now been translated from Modern Hebrew, thoroughly revised and updated, and it distills a lifetime of knowledge of the topic. The book begins with a 60-page introduction that locates Biblical Hebrew in the Semitic family of languages. It then discusses various approaches to categorization and classification, introduces and discusses various linguistic approaches and features that are necessary to the discussion, and provides a background to the way that linguists approach a language such as Biblical Hebrew—all of which will be useful to students who have taken first-year Hebrew as well those who have studied Biblical Hebrew extensively but have not been introduced to linguistic study of the topic. After a brief discussion of phonetics, the main portion of the book is devoted to phonology and to morphology. In the section on phonology, Blau provides complete coverage of the consonant and vowel systems of Biblical Hebrew and of the factors that have affected both systems. In the section on morphology, he discusses the parts of speech (pronouns, verbs, nouns, numerals) and includes brief comments on the prepositions and waw. The historical processes affecting each feature are explained as Blau progresses through the various sections. The book concludes with a complete set of paradigms and extensive indexes. Blau’s recognized preeminence as a Hebraist and Arabist as well as his understanding of language change have converged in the production of this volume to provide an invaluable tool for the comparative and historical study of Biblical Hebrew phonology and morphology.

Author : Robert D. Holmstedt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9004448853

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Linguistic Studies on Biblical Hebrew by Robert D. Holmstedt Pdf

This volume presents the research insights of twelve new studies by fourteen linguists examining a range of Biblical Hebrew grammatical phenomena. The contributions proceed from the second international workshop of the Biblical Hebrew Linguistics and Philology network (www.BHLaP.wordpress.com), initiated in 2017 to bring together theoretical linguists and Hebraists in order to reinvigorate the study of Biblical Hebrew grammar. Recent linguistic theory is applied to the study of the ancient language, and results in innovative insight into pausal forms, prosodic dependency, ordinal numeral syntax, ellipsis, the infinitive system, light verbs, secondary predicates, verbal semantics of the Hiphil binyan, and hybrid constructions.