Biblical Hebrew and Discourse Linguistics
Pages
560
Publisher
SIL International
Published
1994
ISBN-13
9781556710070
Twenty-two papers selected from a 1993 Seminar in Dallas, attended by a combination of professional Bible translators, biblical scholars and discourse linguists, are divided into three parts: Grammatical, Syntactical and Accent Studies; Narrative Genre; and Topics Related to Nonnarratives Genres. There is an introductory essay by C.H.J. van der Merwe which will help non-specialists.
The authors are translation personnel and consultants from SIL International and the United Bible Societies, as well as scholars from Denmark, Sweden, Holland, South Africa, Israel, and the United States. Shares interaction of linguists and biblical scholars to provide exciting insights into the understanding of biblical texts.
The authors are translation personnel and consultants from SIL International and the United Bible Societies, as well as scholars from Denmark, Sweden, Holland, South Africa, Israel, and the United States. Shares interaction of linguists and biblical scholars to provide exciting insights into the understanding of biblical texts.
- Foreward - Francis I. Anderson
- Preface - Robert D. Bergen
- Part I: Grammatical, Syntactical, and Accent Studies
- Discourse Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew Grammar - Christo H. J. van der Merwe
- Weqatal Forms in Biblical Hebrew Prose - Robert E. Longacre
- Salience, Implicature, Ambiguity, and Redundancy in Clause-Clause Relationships in Biblical Hebrew - Francis I. Andersen
- On the Hebrew Verbal System - Alviero Niccacci
- Methodological Collision between Source Criticism and Discourse Analysis - Randall Buth
- A Discourse Perspective on the Significance of the Masoretic Accents - Lars Lode
- Part II: Narrative Genre
- Analysis of Biblical Narrative - Alviero Niccacci
- Introducing Direct Discourse in Biblical Hebrew Narrative - Cynthia L. Miller
- Genealogical Prominence and the Structure of Genesis - T. David Andersen
- Some Literary and Grammatical Aspects of Genealogies in Genesis - Nicholas Andrew Bailey
- Is Genesis 27:46 P or J? And How the Answer Affects Translation - Hanni Kuhn
- The Miraculous Grammar of Joshua 3-4 - Nicolai Winther-Nielsen
- Evil Spirits and Eccentric Grammar - Robert D. Bergen
- A Textlinguistic Approach to the Biblical Hebrew Narrative of Jonah - Robert E. Longacre; Shin Ja J. Hwang
- Part III: Topics Relating to Nonnarrative Genres
- Functions and Implications of Rhetorical Questions in the Book of Job - Lénart J. de Regt
- Genre Criticism and the Psalms - Ernst R. Wendland
- Genre and Form Criticism in Old Testament Exegesis - Bo-Krister Ljungberg
- Hebrew Proverbs and How to Translate Them - Murray Salisbury
- Units and Flow in the Song of Songs 1:1-2:6 - John Callow
- Some Discourse Functions of Prophetic Quotation Formulas in Jeremiah - H. Van Dyke Parunak
- The Poetic Properties of Prophetic Discourse in the Book of Micah - Francis I. Andersen
- Vision and Oracle in Zechariah 1-6 - David J. Clark
Inner Books
This physical volume has several internal sections, each of which has been reviewed independently
- Discourse Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew Grammar by Christo H. J. Van Der Merwe
- Salience, Implicature, Ambiguity, and Redundancy in Clause-Clause Relationships in Biblical Hebrew by Francis I. Andersen
- On the Hebrew Verbal System by Alviero Niccacci
- Methodological Collision between Source Criticism and Discourse Analysis by Randall Buth
- A Discourse Perspective on the Significance of the Masoretic Accents by Lars Lode
- Analysis of Biblical Narrative by Alviero Niccacci
- Introducing Direct Discourse in Biblical Hebrew Narrative by Cynthia L. Miller
- Genealogical Prominence and the Structure of Genesis by T. David Andersen
- Some Literary and Grammatical Aspects of Genealogies in Genesis by Nicholas Andrew Bailey
- Is Genesis 27:46 P or J? And How the Answer Affects Translation by Hanni Kuhn
- The Miraculous Grammar of Joshua 3-4 by Nicolai Winther-Nielsen
- Evil Spirits and Eccentric Grammar by Robert D. Bergen
- A Textlinguistic Approach to the Biblical Hebrew Narrative of Jonah by Robert E. Longacre and Shin Ja J. Hwang
- Functions and Implications of Rhetorical Questions in the Book of Job by Lénart J. de Regt
- Genre Criticism and the Psalms by Ernst H. Wendland
- Genre and Form Criticism in Old Testament Exegesis by Bo-Krister Ljungberg
- Hebrew Proverbs and How to Translate Them by Murray Salisbury
- Units and Flow in the Song of Songs 1:1-2:6 by John Callow
- Some Discourse Functions of Prophetic Quotation Formulas in Jeremiah by H. Van Dyke Parunak
- The Poetic Properties of Prophetic Discourse in the Book of Micah by Francis I. Andersen
- Vision and Oracle in Zechariah 1-6 by David J. Clark
- Weqatal Forms in Biblical Hebrew Prose by Robert E. Longacre