The verbal system in the Hebrew text of Ben Sira / / by W. Th. van Peursen.

• Superior document: Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; Volume 41
• VerfasserIn: Peursen, W. Th. van,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; Volume 41.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 462)
• Notes: A Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Leiden University, 1999.

This volume is a revised and enlarged version of the author's Ph.D. dissertation (1999). It gives a comprehensive analysis of the morphosyntax and syntax of the tenses in the Hebrew text of Ben Sira. Due attention is paid to the heterogeneous character of the textual evidence (three manuscripts from the Desert of Judah and six mediaeval manuscripts from the Cairo Geniza), which complicates any linguistic study of Ben Sira. A descriptive analysis is complemented by a comparison with other contemporaneous, earlier, and later forms of Hebrew. It is argued that the Hebrew of Ben Sira is a literary language in its own right, rather than an imitation of Biblical Hebrew or a predecessor of Mishnaic Hebrew.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- PRELI MIN ARIES / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- THE BOOK OF BEN SIRA AND ITS TEXTUAL TRANSMISSION / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- ORTHOGRAPHY OF THE BEN SIRA MANUSCRIPTS / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- STUDIES ON BEN SIRA'S LANGUAGE: A HISTORICAL SURVEY / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- THE PERFECT ALONE / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE IMPERFECT / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- THE IMPERFECT ALONE / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- THE CONSECUTIVE PERFECT / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- THE CONSECUTIVE IMPERFECT / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- THE COPULATIVE PERFECT / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- THE COPULATIVE IMPERFECT / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- THE VOLITIVES / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- THE PARTICIPLE / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- THE CONSTRUCT INFINITIVE / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- THE ABSOLUTE INFINITIVE / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- INTERROGATIVE AND EXCLAMATORY CLAUSES / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON SUBORDINATE CLAUSES / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- SUBSTANTIVAL CLAUSES / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- RELATIVE CLAUSES / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- TEMPORAL CLAUSES / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- CONDITIONAL CLAUSES / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- FINAL AND CONSECUTIVE CLAUSES / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- CAUSAL AND EXPLICATIVE CLAUSES / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- COMPARATIVE CLAUSES / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- CONCLUSIONS / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- BIBLIOGRAPHY / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- INDEX OF PASSAGES / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- INDEX OF AUTHORS / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN -- STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS / W. TH. VAN PEURSEN.