Overview

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.

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Author:   Walter R. Bodine
Publisher:   Pennsylvania State University Press
Imprint:   Eisenbrauns
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9780931464553

ISBN 10:   0931464552
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   30 June 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   Hebrew

Table of Contents

Editor’s Preface Abbreviations Introduction Walter R. Bodine - The Study of Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew Phonology: Structural Monica S. Devens - What Descriptive Phonologists Do: One Approach to the Study of Language, with Particular Attention to Biblical Hebrew E. J. Revell - The Development of Segol in an Open Syllable as a Reflex of a: An Exercise in Descriptive Phonology Phonology: Generative Edward L. Greenstein - An Introduction to a Generative Phonology of Biblical Hebrew Gregory Enos - Phonological Considerations in the Study of Hebrew Phonetics: An Introductory Discussion Morphology W. Randall Garr - The Linguistic Study of Morphology Gary A. Rendsburg - Morphological Evidence for Regional Dialects in Ancient Hebrew Syntax Walter R. Bodine - How Linguists Study Syntax Barry L. Bandstra - Word Order and Emphasis in Biblical Hebrew Narrative: Syntactic Observations on Genesis 22 from a Discourse Perspective Semantics Harold P. Scanlin - The Study of Semantics in General Linguistics James Barr - Hebrew Lexicography: Informal Thoughts Discourse Analysis Peter J. MacDonald - Discourse Analysis and Biblical Interpretation R. E. Longacre - Discourse Perspective on the Hebrew Verb: Affirmation and Restatement Historical/Comparative Linguistics Alice Faber - Innovation, Retention, and Language Comparison: An Introduction to Historical/Comparative Linguistics John Huehnergard - Historical Phonology and the Hebrew Piel Graphemics M. O’Connor - Writing Systems and Native-Speaker Analyses Stephen J. Lieberman - Toward a Graphemics of the Tiberian Bible Appendix Walter R. Bodine - Bibliography Indexes Index of Authorities Index of Scripture References

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