Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew
Edited by Walter R. Bodine
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.
- Description
- 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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