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Record Nr.

UNINA9910494608703321

Autore

Penner Ken M.

Titolo

The verbal system of the Dead Sea scrolls : tense, aspect, and modality in Qumran Hebrew texts / / by Ken M. Penner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-29844-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Studia Semitica Neerlandica, , 0081-6914 ; ; Volume 64

Disciplina

492.456

Soggetti

Hebrew language - Verb

Hebrew language - Grammar

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 Hebrew Tense and Aspect -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Analysis and Synthesis -- 4 Application of Findings -- 5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Biblical Index -- Dead Sea Scrolls Index -- Subject Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Verbal System of the Dead Sea Scrolls Ken M. Penner determines whether Qumran Hebrew finite verbs are primarily temporal, aspectual, or modal. Standard grammars claim Hebrew was aspect-prominent in the Bible, and tense-prominent in the Mishnah. But the semantic value of the verb forms in the intervening period in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were written has remained controversial. Penner answers the question of Qumran Hebrew verb form semantics using an empirical method: a database calculating the correlation between each form and each function, establishing that the ancient author’s selection of verb form is determined not by aspect, but by tense or modality. Penner then applies these findings to controversial interpretations of three Qumran texts.