Hebrew Language

"Anteriority and Justification: Pragmatic Features of the We-x-qatal Form in Direct Speech in the Book of Genesis"

by William R. Osborne

Old Testament Essays 25/2 (2012): 369-82

Recognizing that scholarship has long struggled with the so-called “freeness” of Hebrew word order in direct speech,... more Recognizing that scholarship has long struggled with the so-called “freeness” of Hebrew word order in direct speech, this study seeks to demonstrate that the primary pragmatic functions of the wexqatal form within direct speech in classical biblical Hebrew are justification and anteriority. Examining the issues of word order and the syntactical opposition between the wayyiqtol and wex-qatal, the work concludes by presenting numerous examples of both functions in Genesis texts. The implications of the study are an improved understanding of clausal relationships within direct speech and improved translations and interpretations of these passages.

Handbook to A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew

by G. Brooke Lester

Green, Jennifer S., G. Brooke Lester, Joseph F. Scrivner, and C. L. Seow. Handbook to a Grammar for Biblical Hebrew. Rev. ed. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005.

Handbook to accompany C.L. Seow's _A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew (rev. ed.).

With keys, additional... more Handbook to accompany C.L. Seow's _A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew (rev. ed.).

With keys, additional exercises, and expanded glosses on biblical texts.

Rendering the Semantic Field of Help Meet: Etymology and the "True" Meaning of Marriage in Milton's Divorce Tracts and *Paradise Lost*

by Peter J. Roccia

Published in *Love, Marriage, Friendship: 32nd Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum at Plymouth State University (April 15-16, 2011)* (2012) Eds. Aniesha R. Andrews & Raffaele Florio. The Public Heritage Institute at Regis College: Weston, MA.

Of the phrase help meet in Genesis 2: 18, 20, Milton in his Tetrachordon says, “The originall heer is more expressive... more Of the phrase help meet in Genesis 2: 18, 20, Milton in his Tetrachordon says, “The originall heer is more expressive then other languages word for word can render it.” Here, in this paper, we will trace out that rendering process from the Hebrew Bible’s original ezer kenegdo, through the Wycliffe Bible’s “help like hym,” to what the Oxford English Dictionary calls the “absurdly formed” compound helpmeet. Against this semantic field, we will then position Milton’s use of the term and its cluster of related synonyms fit, mate, and associate within the other divorce tracts and passages from Paradise Lost. Through this process, we will test whether Milton is attempting to approximate those layers of expression contained in the Hebrew phrase through clusters of related English words, rather than through a strictly linear “word for word” rendering. The result will be a greater understanding of the role that “Right-wording, usually call’d Etymologie,” as Milton defines it in his Accedence Commenc’t Grammar, played in Milton’s crafting of his definition of marriage overall and within Renaissance English polemics and exegesis as a whole.

What Was the Alphabet For? The Rise of Written Vernaculars and the Making of Israelite National Literature

by Seth Sanders

Maarav 2004

"The article" of The Invention of Hebrew. Some of the core ideas. "The article" of The Invention of Hebrew. Some of the core ideas.

A neglected phonetic law: The assimilation of pretonic yod to a following coronal in North-West Semitic

by Guillaume Jacques

Co-authored with Romain Garnier, Bulletin of SOAS, 75, 1 (2012), 135–145.

This paper shows the existence of a pretonic assimilation of *y to a following
coronal consonant (including *y... more This paper shows the existence of a pretonic assimilation of *y to a following
coronal consonant (including *y from proto-Semitic *y and *w) in
North-West Semitic languages. This rule, which has been obscured by
analogy in each of the North-West Semitic languages, explains three independent
sets of facts: the formation of irregular maqtal-s in Hebrew,
Phoenician and Aramaic; the irregular conjugations of several verbs in
Hebrew; and the plural formation of the irregular noun “house” in
Hebrew and Aramaic. This proposal also solves the long-standing problem
of the etymology of the verb “to give” in North-West Semitic languages
(NTN in Hebrew vs. YTN in Phoenician).

The Revival of the Hebrew Language in the Third Century CE

by Nicholas de Lange

A Thousand Years of Hebrew in Byzantium

by Nicholas de Lange

The Hebrew Language in the European Diaspora

by Nicholas de Lange

Review of Ian Young, Robert Rezetko, with the assistance of Martin Ehrensvärd, Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts. An Introduction to Approaches and Problems, 2 vols., Equinox, London–Oakville, 2009

by Jan Joosten

Published in in Babel und Bibel 6 (2012), 535-542.

Casi di ambiguità illocutoria in ebraico israeliano

by Nazario Pierdominici

in: Quaderni del Dipartimento di Linguistica
dell'Università di Firenze, 7 (1996), pp. 1-10

In questo articolo vengono esaminati alcuni casi di ambiguità di atti illocutori in ebraico israeliano. Tale ambiguità... more In questo articolo vengono esaminati alcuni casi di ambiguità di atti illocutori in ebraico israeliano. Tale ambiguità illocutoria viene discussa nel quadro del principio di cooperazione di Grice, mente l'identificazione del valore illocutorio corretto di un atto viene descritta come processo inferenziale. Viene anche brevemente affrontata la questione dell'esistenza in ebraico israeliano di eventuali operatori illocutori non verbali, e viene esplorata la possibilità che siano l'aspetto o il tempo di un verbo a veicolare il valore illocutorio di un enunciato.

A few instances of ambiguous illocutionary acts in Israeli Hebrew are examined in this article. Illocutionary ambiguity is discussed within the framework of Grice's principle of co-operation, while the task of identifying the correct illocutionary value of an act is described as an inferential process. Furthermore, the issue of non-verbal illocutionary operators in Israeli Hebrew is shortly dealt with, and the possibility that the tense or the aspect of a given verb may convey the illocutionary value of the utterance is explored.

הלל hālal III, הולל hôlāl

by Alex Jassen

Pages 801-3 in Theologisches Wörterbuch zu den Qumrantexten, Band I. Edited by Heinz-Josef Fabry and Ulrich Dahmen. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2011

חלל ḥll I, חול ḥôl, תחלה teḥillāh

by Alex Jassen

Pages 980-86 in Theologisches Wörterbuch zu den Qumrantexten, Band I. Edited by Heinz-Josef Fabry and Ulrich Dahmen. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2011

PIRAS G.,Sedecami [A?]ronis f(ilius): una possibile nuova testimonianza epigrafica d’età romana della presenza ebraica in Sardegna? Notula introduttiva

by Giuseppe Piras

published in «Materia giudaica» XIV/1-2 (2009), pp. 101-109

This study proposes a critical deciphering of an unpublished Roman funerary epigraph found in the countryside of... more This study proposes a critical deciphering of an unpublished Roman funerary epigraph found in the countryside of Ardara (Sassari - Sardinia) and dated back to the High Empire. The titulus is dedicated to the memory of Sedecami (or Sedecam), son of Aron, and it could possibly refer to a Sardinian Jew.

“The Aramaic texts and Hebrew and Aramaic languages at Qumran: the North American contributions,” in The Dead Sea Scrolls in Scholarly Perspective: A History of Its Research (ed. Devorah Dimant; STDJ 99; Leiden: Brill, 2012), 155-195.

by Aaron Koller

co-authored with Moshe Bernstein

State of the fields: Hebrew language, Aramaic language, and the Aramaic texts at Qumran. State of the fields: Hebrew language, Aramaic language, and the Aramaic texts at Qumran.

A Literary and Grammatical Analysis of Esther 1

by Jason Corn

The purpose of this paper is to examine the first chapter of Esther with the goal of gaining an understanding of the... more The purpose of this paper is to examine the first chapter of Esther with the goal of gaining an understanding of the introduction to this literary creation, and this will be done through a literary, grammatical analysis.The thesis of this paper is that, through the use of verbal tenses and literary devices such as characterization and plot, the first chapter of Esther holds important details for the interpretation of the rest of the book.

Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. Vol. 11 (review)

by William Tooman

"Reading Tobit Backwards and Forwards: In Search of Lost Halakhah"

by Mark Christian

Henoch 28, no. 1 (2006): 63-96.

Tiefenstrukturell nebensätzliche Parataxen

by Achim Müller

Kleine Untersuchungen zur Sprache des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt 6/2006, 61-86

Einige Überlegungen zur Klassifikation und Übersetzung 'impliziter Hypotaxe' im biblischen Hebräisch am Beispiel der... more Einige Überlegungen zur Klassifikation und Übersetzung 'impliziter Hypotaxe' im biblischen Hebräisch am Beispiel der Fortführung des Imperativs.

Call for Papers: Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament

by William R. Osborne

www.jesot.org

Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament (JESOT) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the academic and... more Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament (JESOT) is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the academic and evangelical study of the Old Testament. The journal seeks to fill a need in academia by providing a venue for high-level scholarship on the Old Testament from an evangelical standpoint. The editorial boards consists of OT scholars like T. Desmond Alexander, Matthieu Richelle, Walter C. Kaiser Jr., Kenneth A. Mathews, and Cristian Rata. The journal is not affiliated with any particular academic institution, and with an international editorial board, online format, and multi-language submissions, JESOT cultivates and promotes Old Testament scholarship in the evangelical global community. The journal differs from many evangelical journals in that it seeks to publish current academic research in the areas of ancient Near Eastern backgrounds, Dead Sea Scrolls, Rabbinics, Linguistics, Research Methodology, Literary Analysis, Exegesis, Text Criticism, and Theology as they pertain only to the Old Testament. Submissions should be sent to editor@jesot.org. The journal will be freely available to the scholarly community and will be published bi-annually online. Hard copies will be produced by request. JESOT also includes up-to-date book reviews on various academic studies of the Old Testament..

Arnon, I. (2005). Relative clause acquisition in Hebr&ew: Toward a processing-oriented account. In A. Brugos, M. R. Clark-Cotton & S. Ha (eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth Boston University Conference on Language Development (pp. 37-48). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

by Inbal Arnon