| The Verbal System of the Dead Sea Scrolls: Tense, Aspect, and Modality in Qumran Hebrew Texts Contributor(s): Penner, Ken M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004298436 ISBN-13: 9789004298439 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $143.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Hebrew - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Etymology - Religion | Judaism - Sacred Writings |
| Dewey: 492.4 |
| LCCN: 2015020978 |
| Series: Studia Semitica Neerlandica |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.5" (1.10 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |