Language and interpretation in the Syriac text of Ben Sira : : a comparative linguistic and literary study / / by W. Th. van Peursen.

• Author: Peursen, W. Th. van.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2007.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Monographs of the Peshiṭta Institute, Leiden. Studies in the Syriac versions of the Bible and their cultural contexts ; v. 16; Monographs of the Peshitta Institute 16.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (491 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book is the result of an innovative linguistic study of the Syriac translation of Ben Sira. It contains both a traditional philological analysis, incorporating matters of text-historical interest and translation technique, and also the results of a computational linguistic analysis of phrases,...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Materials / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter One. The Text / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Two. The Place Of The Syriac Translanon In The Textual History Of Sirach / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Three. The Syriac Sirach As A Translanon / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Four. Tendencies In The Syriac Sirach Not Shared By The ‘Expanded Text’ / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Five. Intertextual Analysis / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Six. The Religious Profile Of The Syriac Sirach / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Seven. The Calap Model Of Textual Analysis / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Eight. The Procedure Of The Calap Analysis / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Nine. Preliminary Remarks On Phrase Structure / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Ten. Phrases With One Extension / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Eleven. Phrases With Two Extensions / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Twelve. Phrases With More Than Two Extensions And Other Complex Phrase Structures / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Thirteen. Discontinuous Phrases / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Fourteen. Independent Use Of XXX / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Fifteen. Towards A Maximum Matrix Of Phrases / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Sixteen. Preliminary Remarks On Clause Structure / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Seventeen. Bipartite Nominal Clauses / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Eighteen. Tripartite Nominal Clauses / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Nineteen. Quadripartite Nominal Clauses / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Twenty. Participials / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Twenty-One. Extraposition And Pronominal Agreement / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Twenty-Two. Existential Clauses / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Twenty-Three. Clauses Containing The Verb XXX / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Twenty-Four. Cleft Sentences / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Twenty-Five. Functions Of The Pronoun / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Twenty-Six. Preliminary Remarks On Clause Hierarchy / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Twenty-Seven. Clause Hierarchy In The Praise Of The Fathers / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Chapter Twenty-Eight. Conclusions / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Bibliography / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Index Of Passages / W.Th. Van Peursen
• Index Of Authors / W.Th. Van Peursen.