The verbal system of the Dead Sea Scrolls: tense, aspect, and modality in Qumran Hebrew texts
Preliminary Material -- 1 Hebrew Tense and Aspect -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Analysis and Synthesis -- 4 Application of Findings -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Biblical Index -- Dead Sea Scrolls Index -- Subject Index.
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés Hebreo |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
2015
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| En: | Año: 2015 |
| Críticas: | [Rezension von: Penner, Ken M., The verbal system of the Dead Sea scrolls] (2018) (Hare, Laura)
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| Colección / Revista: | Studia Semitica Neerlandica
v. 64 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Hebrew language
Verbo
B Hebrew language Grammar B Dead Sea Scrolls Language, style |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789004298446(online) |
| Sumario: | Preliminary Material -- 1 Hebrew Tense and Aspect -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Analysis and Synthesis -- 4 Application of Findings -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Biblical Index -- Dead Sea Scrolls Index -- Subject Index. In The Verbal System of the Dead Sea Scrolls Ken M. Penner determines whether Qumran Hebrew finite verbs are primarily temporal, aspectual, or modal. Standard grammars claim Hebrew was aspect-prominent in the Bible, and tense-prominent in the Mishnah. But the semantic value of the verb forms in the intervening period in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were written has remained controversial. Penner answers the question of Qumran Hebrew verb form semantics using an empirical method: a database calculating the correlation between each form and each function, establishing that the ancient author’s selection of verb form is determined not by aspect, but by tense or modality. Penner then applies these findings to controversial interpretations of three Qumran texts |
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and indexes |
| ISBN: | 9004298444 |
| Acceso: | Available to subscribing member institutions only |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004298446 |