Book Series
- Semitic Languages and Cultures vol. 7
- ISSN Print: 2632-6906
- ISSN Digital: 2632-6914
Copyright
Aaron D. Hornkohl; Geoffrey KhanPublished On
2021-04-06ISBN
Language
- English
Print Length
806 pages (xl+766)Dimensions
Weight
Media
OCLC Number
1247662161LCCN
2020447281BIC
- HRCG
- CFF
- CFP
BISAC
- REL006020
- LAN009010
Keywords
- Hebrew language studies
- Biblical Hebrew
- Rabbinic Hebrew
New Perspectives in Biblical and Rabbinic Hebrew
- Aaron D. Hornkohl (editor)
- Geoffrey Khan (editor)
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.
Contents
Preface
(pp. xix–xxiv)- Aaron D. Hornkohl
- Geoffrey Khan
- Aaron Koller
- Nick Posegay
III-y Imperatives in Ancient Hebrew
(pp. 57–74)- Steven E. Fassberg
- Jorik (F. J.) Groen
On the Morphology of the Guttural Verbs in Sephardic Traditions in the Early Modern Period
(pp. 97–116)- Ariel Gabbay
Comparative Semitic and Hebrew Plural Morphemes
(pp. 117–144)- Na’ama Pat-El
Proper Names as Predicates in Biblical Hebrew
(pp. 145–166)- Elisheva Jeffay
- Chanan Ariel
- Bo Isaksson
The Rise of Wayyiqṭol
(pp. 241–274)- Ambjörn Sjörs
The Coding of Discourse Dependency in Biblical Hebrew Consecutive Weqaṭal and Wayyiqṭol
(pp. 299–354)- Geoffrey Khan
A Tense Question: Does Hebrew Have a Future?
(pp. 355–390)- Aaron D. Hornkohl
- Ethan Jones
- Ellen van Wolde
הָיָה in Biblical Hebrew
(pp. 455–472)- Daniel Wilson
The Coordination of Biblical Hebrew Finite Verb Forms and Infinitives in Comparative Semitic and Typological Perspective
(pp. 473–496)- Lutz Edzard
- Cody Kingham
Polysemous Adverbial Conjunctions in Biblical Hebrew: An Application of Diachronic Semantic Maps
(pp. 547–616)- Christian Locatell
- Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé
- Jacobus A. Naudé
- Christo H. J. van der Merwe
- Tania Notarius
Israelian Hebrew in the Book of Amos
(pp. 717–740)- Gary A. Rendsburg
Attitudes towards Rabbinic Hebrew as Reflected in Hebrew Grammars during the Jewish Enlightenment
(pp. 741–756)- Yehonatan Wormser
Contributors
Aaron D. Hornkohl
(editor)Aaron D. Hornkohl (PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2012) is the author of Linguistic Periodization and the Language of Jeremiah (Brill, 2013), a translated adaptation of his doctoral dissertation, and co-editor (with Geoffrey Khan) of Studies in Semitic Vocalisation (University of Cambridge and Open Book Publishers, 2020). He holds the positions of Hebrew Language Teaching Officer and Senior Research Associate in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge. His research is philological/linguistic in nature, focusing on ancient Hebrew, and encompassing diachrony and linguistic periodisation; syntax, pragmatics, and the verbal system; the Tiberian written and reading and non-Tiberian Hebrew traditions; textual criticism and literary formation; and historical and contemporary exegesis. He serves on the editorial board of the series Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures.
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 and is the senior editor of Journal of Semitic Studies. His most recent book is The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, 2 vols, Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures 1 (University of Cambridge and Open Book Publishers, 2020).