The development of the syntax of post-biblical Hebrew. / / by Chaim Rabin.

• Superior document: Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, 29
• VerfasserIn: Rabin, Chaim,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2000.
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics 29.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages)
• Notes: Reprint of the author's thesis (D.Phil.--Christ Church (University of Oxford)).

This volume is concerned with a historical development of the syntax of Hebrew in the post-biblical periods, more specifically from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries as used in non-artistic prose in Southern France and Spain, a period in which the language underwent some fundamental changes and developments. With his superb knowledge of all phases of Hebrew the author portrays and analyses these developments in relation to Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew. This is a highly original and important contribution to a diachronic description of Hebrew syntax, and undoubtedly a necessary reading for any serious Hebraist and Semitist.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- ABBREVIATIONS -- A SKETCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY HEBREW -- GENERAL SYNTAX OF THE NOUN -- THE PRONOUNS -- THE NOMINAL CLAUSE -- THE VERBAL CLAUSE -- THE OBJECT -- THE PARTICLES -- WORD ORDER -- THE COMPOUND SENTENCE -- THE VERBAL NOUNS -- SUBSTANTIVE CLAUSES -- ADJECTIVE CLAUSES -- CONDITIONAL CLAUSES -- SYNOPTIC TABLE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF PASSAGES -- STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS.