Discerning Diachronic Change in the Biblical Hebrew Verbal System
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Discerning Diachronic Change in the Biblical Hebrew Verbal System. / Ehrensvärd, Martin Gustaf.
Diachrony in Biblical Hebrew. red. / Ziony Zevit; Cynthia Miller-Naudé. Eisenbrauns, 2012. s. 181-92 (Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic , Bind 8).Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Discerning Diachronic Change in the Biblical Hebrew Verbal System
AU - Ehrensvärd, Martin Gustaf
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Diachronic change took place in ancient Hebrew as in probably all other languages used for hundreds of years. This change is evident in the biblical texts, some of which are written in early biblical Hebrew (EBH), and some of which are written in late biblical Hebrew (LBH). However, it seems that later authors were able to write EBH, making linguistic dating on the basis of the evidence we currently have extremely difficult, or impossible. In addition, in the texts we have, substitutions of vocabulary and syntax took place in the manuscript traditions, and many of these substitutions affected the features that are used to decide whether a text is LBH or EBH, making the linguistic dating of Hebrew biblical texts even more problematic.The article looks at several verbal features used to date texts linguistically, showing that when analyzed closely, use of the features turns out to merit more caution than might seem necessary on the surface of things.
AB - Diachronic change took place in ancient Hebrew as in probably all other languages used for hundreds of years. This change is evident in the biblical texts, some of which are written in early biblical Hebrew (EBH), and some of which are written in late biblical Hebrew (LBH). However, it seems that later authors were able to write EBH, making linguistic dating on the basis of the evidence we currently have extremely difficult, or impossible. In addition, in the texts we have, substitutions of vocabulary and syntax took place in the manuscript traditions, and many of these substitutions affected the features that are used to decide whether a text is LBH or EBH, making the linguistic dating of Hebrew biblical texts even more problematic.The article looks at several verbal features used to date texts linguistically, showing that when analyzed closely, use of the features turns out to merit more caution than might seem necessary on the surface of things.
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9781575062532
T3 - Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic
SP - 181
EP - 192
BT - Diachrony in Biblical Hebrew
A2 - Zevit, Ziony
A2 - Miller-Naudé, Cynthia
PB - Eisenbrauns
ER -
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