The verbal system of classical Hebrew in the Joseph story : : an approach from discourse analysis / / Yoshinobu Endo.

The present study investigates the function of the verbal forms in biblical Hebrew narrative, using the Joseph story (Gen. 37-50) as a corpus. It demonstrates how the 'tense', 'aspect' and 'sequentiality' function as factors in the choice of the verbal forms in both mai...

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Place / Publishing House:Assen, Netherlands : : Van Gorcum,, 1996.
Year of Publication:1996
Language:English
Series:Studia Semitica Neerlandica 32.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction: A Survey and Method
  • One-Clause Verbal Utterances in Direct Discourse
  • Two-Clause Verbal Utterances in Direct Discourse
  • Three-Clause Verbal Utterances in Direct Discourse
  • Syntactic Relationship in Multiple-Clause Verbal Utterances in Direct Discourse
  • Syntactic Relationship in Volitive Clauses in Direct Discourse
  • Syntactic Relationship in Narration
  • Tense in the Subordinate Clause
  • Summary and Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Authors
  • Index of Biblical Passages.