Word Order and Time in Biblical Hebrew NarrativeClarendon Press, 1998 M07 30 - 186 pages 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. |
Contents
On Biblical Hebrew Temporality | 7 |
Biblical Hebrew and Tense | 34 |
The Hebrew Verbs and Aspect | 53 |
Tense and Aspect in Texts | 76 |
Word Order in Biblical Hebrew Narrative | 90 |
Temporal Ordering in Genesis 41 | 105 |
Temporal Relations within the Two Basic SetUps | 116 |
The Hebrew Verb in Classical BH Narrative | 123 |
Conclusion | 139 |
Bibliography | 151 |
73 | 159 |
Index of Biblical References | 165 |
78 | 167 |
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Akkadian analysis anaphoric anteriority aspectual aspectual class BH text BH verb forms BH verbal system Bible biblical Hebrew biblical narrative biblical text Chapter clauses context convey default direct reported deictic direct reported speech discourse Discourse Representation Theory distinct Driver e.g. Gen event example Exod express Grammar Hebrew Bible Hebrew Language Hebrew tenses Hebrew verb forms imperfective aspect independent sentences indicate initial reference instance Joseph linguistic locating adverbials meaning mishnaic Hebrew narrative text occur Oxford participle past narration perspective Pharaoh pluperfect posteriority preceded prefixed forms qatal and yiqtol qatal form qatal sentences qatal wayyiqtol qotel R<Tn S. R. Driver semantic sequence of sentences situations specific temporal stative verbs syntactic syntax telic temporal function temporal interpretation temporal relations temporal set temporal structure temporal value Tense and Aspect theory tion verse wayyiqtol and weqatal wayyiqtol form wayyiqtol sentence weqatal form weyiqtol word order yiqtol form והנה ויהי פרעה שבע
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