02552oam 2200517I 450 991096298480332120190826145055.09789004298446900429844410.1163/9789004298446(OCoLC)917889416(MiAaPQ)EBC2144874(CKB)3710000000456017(OCoLC)910424400(nllekb)BRILL9789004298446(EXLCZ)99371000000045601720150528d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe verbal system of the Dead Sea Scrolls tense, aspect, and modality in Qumran Hebrew texts /by Ken M. PennerLeiden ;Boston :Brill.c2015.1 online resource (240 p.)Studia Semitica Neerlandica ;v. 64Description based upon print version of record.9789004298439 9004298436 Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and indexes.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.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.Studia Semitica Neerlandica64.Hebrew languageVerbHebrew languageGrammarHebrew languageVerb.Hebrew languageGrammar.492.4/56Penner Ken M889789NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910962984803321The verbal system of the Dead Sea scrolls3999465UNINA