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Author Rooker, Mark F

Title Biblical Hebrew in transition
Published JSOT Press, 1990

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Description 1 online resource ([250] pages)
Series The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies.
Contents Foreword; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION-THE CONCEPT OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE; The Rise of Historical Linguistics; The Factors of Language Change; Mechanisms for Linguistic Change; Variation; Conclusion; Chapter 2 THE DIACHRONIC STUDY OF THE HEBREW BIBLE; Introduction; History of the Diachronic Approach to the Hebrew Bible; Chapter 3 EZEKIEL AND THE TYPOLOGY OF BIBLICAL HEBREW; Introduction; Ezekiel and Polzin''s Typology; Conclusion; Chapter 4 METHODOLOGY; Introduction; Sources in the Book of Ezekiel; Chapter 5 LATE GRAMMATICAL FEATURES IN THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL; Orthography
MorphologySyntax; Conclusion; Chapter 6 LATE LEXICAL FEATURES IN THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL; Lexemes; Expressions; Conclusion; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION: EZEKIEL AS BIBLICAL HEBREW IN TRANSITION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXES; Index of Biblical References; Index of Extra Biblical References; Index of Authors Cited; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary The purpose of this work is to determine the place of the book of Ezekiel in the history of the Hebrew language, especially in relationship to the canonical books of the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew of Ezekiel contains grammatical and lexical features that are characteristic of the postexilic and postbiblical periods, and should thus be distinguished from earlier Hebrew works of the classical period. It does not, however, contain as much late Hebrew as other canonical books deemed to be late. The book of Ezekiel should thus be regarded as the representative mediating link between pre-exilic and po
SUBJECT Bible. Ezekiel -- Commentaries
Bible. Ezekiel fast
Subject Hebrew language -- Grammar
Hebrew language -- Grammar
Genre/Form Commentaries
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0567248003
9780567248008