Book Series
- Semitic Languages and Cultures vol. 3
- ISSN Print: 2632-6906
- ISSN Digital: 2632-6914
Copyright
Aaron Hornkohl; Geoffrey KhanPublished On
2020-06-01ISBN
Language
- English
Print Length
711 pages (xxiv+687)Dimensions
Weight
Media
OCLC Number
1156322478LCCN
2019394570BIC
- CFF
- CFP
BISAC
- REL006020
- LAN009010
LCC
- PJ3023
Keywords
- pronunciation of Semitic languages
- representation of Semitic languages pronunciation
- from late antiquity until the Middle Ages
- reading traditions of Biblical Hebrew
- vocalisation notation systems
- Punic traditions of Hebrew
- Biblical Aramaic traditions of Hebrew
- Syriac traditions of Hebrew
- Arabic traditions of Hebrew
- post-biblical traditions of Hebrew
- piyyuṭ
- medieval Hebrew poetry
Studies in Semitic Vocalisation and Reading Traditions
- Aaron D. Hornkohl (editor)
- Geoffrey Khan (editor)
This volume brings together papers relating to the pronunciation of Semitic languages and the representation of their pronunciation in written form. The papers focus on sources representative of a period that stretches from late antiquity until the Middle Ages. A large proportion of them concern reading traditions of Biblical Hebrew, especially the vocalisation notation systems used to represent them. Also discussed are orthography and the written representation of prosody.
Beyond Biblical Hebrew, there are studies concerning Punic, Biblical Aramaic, Syriac, and Arabic, as well as post-biblical traditions of Hebrew such as piyyuṭ and medieval Hebrew poetry. There were many parallels and interactions between these various language traditions and the volume demonstrates that important insights can be gained from such a wide range of perspectives across different historical periods.
Contents
- Robert Samuel David Crellin
- Lucia Tamponi
- Benjamin Kantor
- Peter Myers
Biblical Quotations in the Aramaic Incantation Bowls and Their Contribution to the Study of the Babylonian Reading Tradition
(pp. 147–170)- Dorota Molin
Phonological Adaptation and the Biblical Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew Reflexes of *i and *u
(pp. 171–190)- Benjamin D. Suchard
Connecting the Dots: The Shared Phonological Tradition in Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew Vocalisation
(pp. 191–226)- Nick Posegay
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
- Joseph Habib
Pausal Forms and Prosodic Structure in Tiberian Hebrew
(pp. 331–378)- Vincent DeCaen
- B. Elan Dresher
- Kim Phillips
- Benjamin Outhwaite
An Exploratory Typology of Near-Model and Non-Standard Tiberian Torah Manuscripts from the Cairo Genizah
(pp. 467–548)- Estara Arrant
Some Features of the Imperfect Oral Performance of the Tiberian Reading Tradition of Biblical Hebrew in the Middle Agess
(pp. 549–592)- Geoffrey Khan
On Some Variants in Ashkenazic Biblical Manuscripts from the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
(pp. 593–616)- Élodie Attia
The Prosodic Models of Andalusi Hebrew Metrics
(pp. 617–656)- José Martínez Delgado
Marginalia to the Qillirian Rhyme System
(pp. 657–676)- Michael Rand
Preface
(pp. xv–xxiv)- Aaron D. Hornkohl
- Geoffrey Khan
Contributors
Aaron D. Hornkohl
(editor)Dr Hornkohl has a MA in Bible and Its World, Rothberg International School, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a PhD from the same university. He teaches courses in ancient and modern Hebrew literature and language, and history of the Hebrew language as well as courses relating to the history and culture of the Middle East at the University of Cambridge.
Geoffrey Khan
(editor)Geoffrey Khan (PhD, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, 1984) is Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge. His research publications focus on three main fields: Biblical Hebrew language (especially medieval traditions), Neo-Aramaic dialectology, and medieval Arabic documents. He is the general editor of The Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (Brill, 2013) and is the senior editor of Journal of Semitic Studies. His recent publications include The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Cambridge: University of Cambridge & Open Book Publishers, 2020, Performance of Sacred Semitic Texts (editor, with co-editor Hindy Najman), Dead Sea Discoveries 29, Brill. 2022, and Language Contact in Sanandaj (co-authored with Masoud Mohammadirad), Berlin, de Gruyter, 2024.