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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453678703321

Autore

Rooker Mark F

Titolo

Biblical Hebrew in transition [[electronic resource] ] : the language of the Book of Ezekiel / / Mark F. Rooker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England, : JSOT Press, c1990

ISBN

1-281-80333-2

9786611803339

0-567-24800-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series, , 0309-0787 ; ; 90

Disciplina

224.406

224/.4044

Soggetti

Hebrew language - Grammar

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Brandeis University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION-THE CONCEPT OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE; Chapter 2 THE DIACHRONIC STUDY OF THE HEBREW BIBLE; Chapter 3 EZEKIEL AND THE TYPOLOGY OF BIBLICAL HEBREW; Chapter 4 METHODOLOGY; Chapter 5 LATE GRAMMATICAL FEATURES IN THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL; Chapter 6 LATE LEXICAL FEATURES IN THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION: EZEKIEL AS BIBLICAL HEBREW IN TRANSITION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXES

Sommario/riassunto

The purpose of this work is to determine the place of the book of Ezekiel in the history of the Hebrew language, especially in relationship to the canonical books of the Hebrew Bible. The Hebrew of Ezekiel contains grammatical and lexical features that are characteristic of the postexilic and postbiblical periods, and should thus be distinguished from earlier Hebrew works of the classical period. It does not, however, contain as much late Hebrew as other canonical books deemed to be late. The book of Ezekiel should thus be regarded as the representative mediating link between pre-exilic and po