Prose and Poetry Through Time

Hebrew Verb Form Semantics in Zechariah
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-69367-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 77, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

Reihe: Studia Semitica Neerlandica

This is the first major study of the Biblical Hebrew verbal system of a prophetic book. It is also the first book-length study in over 60 years to focus on how genre affects the Hebrew verbal system. It advances a data-driven argument that Biblical Hebrew verb forms do not function one way in prose and another way in poetry. Lastly, the author addresses the diachronic development of Hebrew between the destruction of the First Temple and the writing of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Huebscher, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Tables

Abbreviations

1 Introduction: The Debate over the Influence of Genre

1 Definition of the Study

2 Limitation of Focus

3 Verbal Function and Genre

4 Identifying a Methodological Way Forward

5 Diachronic Verbal Factors in Zechariah

6 Order of this Study

7 Method, Part1

8 Method, Part2: The Event Model

9 Method, Part3: Analysis and Synthesis

2 Qatal I: qatal verbs in Zechariah

1 Introduction

2 Findings and Analyses

3 Conclusions

3 Qatal II: w + qatal verbs in Zechariah

1 Introduction

2 Findings and Analyses

3 Conclusions

4 Yiqtol I: yiqtol verbs in Zechariah

1 Introduction

2 Findings and Analyses

3 Conclusions

5 Yiqtol II: W + yiqtol verbs in Zechariah

1 Introduction

2 Findings and Analyses

3 Conclusions

6 Imperative

1 Introduction

2 Findings and Analyses

3 Conclusions

7 Non-finite forms: infinitives and participles

1 Introduction

2 The Infinitive Absolute

3 The Infinitive Construct

4 Participles

5 Conclusions: Non-Finite Verbs

8 Analysis and Application

1 Analysis

2 Genre, Form, and Function

3 Application

4 Conclusions

9 Conclusions

1 Summary and Primary Conclusions

2 Secondary Conclusions

3 Recommendations for Future Research

Appendix1: Historical Development of Verb Forms

Appendix2: Table of Verb Data

Appendix3: Statistical Correlations of Verb Forms with Genre

Glossary

Bibliography

Index of Modern Authors

Index of Scripture

Index of Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen L. Huebscher, Ph.D. (Clarks Summit University, 2022) is an ordained Baptist minister. He formerly taught as an adjunct professor at Central Baptist Seminary in Plymouth, Minnesota, and currently serves as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy.