A Syntax of Qumran Hebrew

By T. Muraoka

This is the first, comprehensive description of the syntax of QumranHebrew, a language in which the Hebrew documents discovered in theeleven Qumran caves and at some sites in the Judaean desert are written.Features described include, for instance, the values and functions ofthe status constructus, tense, aspect and mood of the verb, the wordorder, the grammatical agreement or lack of it in gender and number, theconcord or concatenation, the government of the verb. Comparison isconstantly made with Biblical Hebrew and Mishnaic - Rabbinic Hebrew.This is important to see the position of Qumran Hebrew in the history ofHebrew. Copiously cited original texts are provided with an Englishtranslation by the author. That knowledge of the syntax of this Hebrewis important and has implications for textual criticism of these textsand other compartments such as orthography, phonology, morphology, lexicography, and stylistics is shown with concrete examples.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9042940255
• ISBN13: 9789042940253
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Peeters
• Length: 447 Pages
• Weight: 3.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.3" x 11.0"