Grammar of Biblical Hebrew

Although Wolfgang Schneider's Grammatik des biblischen Hebräisch: Ein Lehrbuch serves primarily as an introductory textbook to biblical Hebrew, it makes an invaluable contribution to the text-linguistic study of Hebrew Bible. Schneider's understanding of narrative syntax and discourse linguistics continues to influence such grammarians as Niccacci and Talstra, through whom his work is validated. His discussion of clauses and text syntax remains pertinent to Hebrew students and professors alike. With this English translation, Schneider's work may now make a worldwide contribution to biblical studies by clarifying for the student the contribution of text grammar to the reading of the biblical text.

Autorentext

Wolfgang Schneider (1933-2009) served as lecturer in linguistics and Hebrew at the Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal from 1970 until he retired in 1995. He became a member of the Societas Hebraica Amstelodamensis in 1991 and was given an honorary Doctor of Theology by the Kirchliche Hochschule Wuppertal in 2001. His other works include Debarim: Ein Übungsbuch für den Hebräisch-Unterricht.
Randall L. McKinion has served as Associate Professor of Old Testament at Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio, since 2014. Previously he served for 11 years as Associate Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Shepherds Theological Seminary in Cary, North Carolina. He received his PhD in Biblical studies from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Inhalt

Contents: Foreword - From the Foreword to the First Edition - speaking - writing - reading - Consonants - Vowels - Vowel Signs - The Schwa-Sign - Signs of Articulation - Accent Signs - Masoretic Notes on the Text of the Bible - Character and Vocalization of Syllables - Gutturals and Resch - Accent and Vocalization in Words with Changeable Vowels - Pronouns - Noun Companions - Clause Introducers - Clause-Forming Particles - Overview of the Proclitic Particles - Forms of the Noun - Suffixes on Nominals - Nominals with Helping Vowels (Segolata) - Nominals with Final ä - Nominals with Double End Consonants - Nominals Formed Irregularly - Numbers - Settled Rules for Nominal Forms - Verbs: General Comments on Formation - The Forms of the Preformative Conjugation - Further Personal Forms of the Imperfect Class - The Forms of the Afformative Conjugation - Nominal Forms of the Verb - The Derived Stems of the Verb - The Forms of the Nif'al - The Forms of the Doubled Stems - The Forms of the Causative Stems - Verb Forms with Suffixes - Strong Verbs with Gutturals - Weak Verbs with Alef as the 1st Radical ( verbs) - Weak Verbs with Nun as the 1st Radical ( - Weak Verbs with Jod as the 1st Radical ( Verbs) - Weak Verbs with Original Waw as the 1st Radical ( Verbs) - Weak Verbs with Final Vowel ( Verbs) - Weak Verbs with Final Vowel ( Verbs) - Two Radical Verbs with Long Vowel (Hollow Roots or Verbs) - Two Radical Verbs with Short Vowel (So-Called Verbs) - Features for the Analysis of Weak Verb Forms - Types of Clauses - Nominal Groups: Construct Connections - Nominal Groups - Appositions - Other Nominal Groups - The Verbal Part of the Clause - Tenses - The Verbal Part of the Clause - Verbal Nominals - Extensions of the Verbal Part of the Clause - Description of the Statement of Intent (Mood) - Orientation in the Meaning Structure of Texts - References in the Text - Orientation in the Meaning Structure of Texts - Organizing Particles - Orientation in the Meaning Structure of Texts - Macrosyntactical Signals - Topical Index - Index of Hebrew Letters and Words - Index of Scripture Passages.