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

• Autore: Penner Ken M.
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 492.456
• Soggetto topico: Hebrew language - Verb; Hebrew language - Grammar
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The verbal system of the Dead Sea scrolls
• ISBN: 90-04-29844-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910494608703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studia Semitica Neerlandica ; ; Volume 64.