RT Article T1 Following the blueprint I: Niccacci's Biblical Hebrew syntax in view of Harald Weinrich's Tempus JF Journal for the study of the Old Testament VO 44 IS 3 SP 337 OP 356 A1 Condrea, Vasile A. LA English PB Sage YR 2020 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1692343513 AB Alviero Niccacci proposed a Biblical Hebrew syntax based on Harald Weinrich's text-linguistic framework. I argue Niccacci's methodology deviates substantially from Weinrich's proposition. This article critiques Niccacci's theoretical assumptions about the oppositions between foreground and background and that of comment and narrative. While considering these issues in view of Weinrich's method, I also suggest that the alternative source of inspiration for Niccacci was the work of Hans J. Polotsky. K1 Comment-narrative K1 Harald Weinrich K1 Discourse Analysis K1 foreground-background K1 text-linguistics K1 zero-degree DO 10.1177/0309089219862825