The Representation of Speech in Biblical Hebrew Narrative

The Representation of Speech in Biblical Hebrew Narrative
Author: Cynthia L. Miller
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2020-06-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004387617

Preliminary Material /Cynthia L. Miller --Introduction /Cynthia L. Miller --Metapragmatics and Linguistic Diversity in the Representation of Speech /Cynthia L. Miller --Syntactic Varieties of Indirect Speech /Cynthia L. Miller --Syntactic Varieties of Direct Speech /Cynthia L. Miller --Reported Speech in Conversation and Narration /Cynthia L. Miller --The Discourse-Pragmatic Functions of Direct Speech /Cynthia L. Miller --Conclusions /Cynthia L. Miller --Afterword /Cynthia L. Miller --Additions and Corrections for the Second Printing /Cynthia L. Miller --Matrix Verbs in Frames /Cynthia L. Miller --Bibliography /Cynthia L. Miller --General Index /Cynthia L. Miller --Index of Biblical References /Cynthia L. Miller.

The Representation of Speech in Biblical Hebrew Narrative

The Representation of Speech in Biblical Hebrew Narrative
Author: Cynthia Lynn Miller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2003
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

First published in 1996, this study has come to be recognized as the standard description of the syntactic devices that are used in representing speech in biblical narrative. In this new printing, an Afterword examines other recent approaches; in addition, corrected indexes and a number of other small corrections have been made.

Word Order and Time in Biblical Hebrew Narrative

Word Order and Time in Biblical Hebrew Narrative
Author: Tal Goldfajn
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Total Pages: 190
Release: 1998-07-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0191583456

This book addresses the problem of temporal interpretation within narrative of the biblical Hebrew verb, thus exploring the broader issue of the expression of time in language and the ways in which we can attempt to understand and represent it. Tal Goldfajn offers a summary of this controversy, which has been argued over since at least the tenth century, presenting previous scholarly opinions and theories. She argues that one possible way of understanding the fundamental meanings of the Hebrew verbs is by examining the role played in ordering time by the four main verb forms used in biblical Hebrew narrative. Accordingly, emphasis is given to the intersentential use of these forms and the variety of interesting ways in which they establish the order of events.

Biblical Hebrew and Discourse Linguistics

Biblical Hebrew and Discourse Linguistics
Author: Robert D. Bergen
Publisher: Sil International, Global Publishing
Total Pages: 568
Release: 1994
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

Contains 22 articles that approach the study of Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Hebrew texts from a discourse linguistics perspective.

The Representation of Speech Events in Chariton’s Callirhoe and the Acts of the Apostles

The Representation of Speech Events in Chariton’s Callirhoe and the Acts of the Apostles
Author: Adrian T. Smith
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 620
Release: 2014-06-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004274898

In The Representation of Speech Events in Chariton's Callirhoe and the Acts of the Apostles, Adrian T. Smith summarizes cross-linguistic research on how and why narrators vary the formulae that introduce direct speech. This research is applied to Chariton and to Acts. The findings demonstrate that narrators vary quotation formulae for numerous pragmatic purposes, including the tracking of conversational dynamics via a set of 'marked' and 'unmarked' quotation devices.

Congress Volume Basel 2001

Congress Volume Basel 2001
Author: André Lemaire
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2014-09-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004276181

This volume publishes the papers given by invitation at the 17th Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, which was held in Basel from 5-10 August 2001. It presents a state of the art of the current exegesis of the Hebrew Bible, taking into account the latest research in general linguistics and semitic philology, as well as textual criticism (Massora Magna, Septuagint, Qumran manuscripts), ethno-sociology and archaeology. Feminist biblical studies are duly represented as well as the last research on literary criticism on the Pentateuch, especially in its relation to other ancient Near Eastern texts (Neo-assyrian and Aramaic inscriptions). Finally, two contributions throw light on the problem of religious interpretation of the Bible (Resurrection of the Dead and Biblical Theology).

Early Biblical Hebrew, Late Biblical Hebrew, and Linguistic Variability

Early Biblical Hebrew, Late Biblical Hebrew, and Linguistic Variability
Author: Dong-Hyuk Kim
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2012-10-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004235612

In Early Biblical Hebrew, Late Biblical Hebrew, and Linguistic Variability, Dong-Hyuk Kim attempts to adjudicate between the two seemingly irreconcilable views over the linguistic dating of biblical texts. Whereas the traditional opinion, represented by Avi Hurvitz, believes that Late Biblical Hebrew was distinct from Early Biblical Hebrew and thus one can date biblical texts on linguistic grounds, the more recent view argues that Early and Late Biblical Hebrew were merely stylistic choices through the entire biblical period. Using the variationist approach of (historical) sociolinguistics and on the basis of the sociolinguistic concepts of linguistic variation and different types of language change, Kim convincingly argues that there is a third way of looking at the issue.

Basics of Hebrew Discourse

Basics of Hebrew Discourse
Author: Matthew Howard Patton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2019-11-26
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 031053576X

The Basics of Hebrew Discourse: A Guide to Working with Hebrew Prose and Poetry by Miles V. Van Pelt, Matthew H. Patton, and Frederic Clarke Putnam is a syntax resource for intermediate Hebrew students that introduces them to the principles and exegetical benefits of discourse analysis when applied to biblical Hebrew prose and poetry.

Putting the Pieces Together

Putting the Pieces Together
Author: Stanley E. Porter
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2024-08-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Languages consist of a wide variety of interesting elements, many of which have not yet been fully described or explored. In this book, written by experts in Hebrew and Greek, various elements of the Hebrew and especially Greek languages are described and analyzed for their possible theoretical and practical implications for exegesis of the Bible. The topics range from the various linguistic theories used within biblical linguistics to focused studies upon syntactical markers, nominal elements, the various functions of language, and register studies. Specialists will discover challenging studies, and interested explorers will be challenged to learn more about ancient Hebrew and Greek.

Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical books

Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical books
Author: BILL T ARNOLD
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
Total Pages: 1729
Release: 2020-05-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1789740487

The 'Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books' is the second volume in IVP's Old Testament dictionary series. This volume picks up where the 'Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch' left off - with Joshua and Israel poised to enter the land - and carries us through the postexilic period. Following in the tradition of the four award-winning IVP dictionaries focused on the New Testament, this encyclopedic work is characterized by in-depth articles focused on key topics, many of them written by noted experts. The history of Israel forms the skeletal structure of the Old Testament. Understanding this history and the biblical books that trace it is essential to comprehending the Bible. The 'Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books' is the only reference book focused exclusively on these biblical books and the history of Israel.