The Verbal System of Biblical Aramaic. A Distributional Approach

Par : Michael b. Shepherd
Formats :
  • Paiement en ligne :
    • Livraison à domicile ou en point Mondial Relay estimée à partir du 1 octobre
      Cet article sera commandé chez un fournisseur et vous sera envoyé 25 jours après la date de votre commande.
    • Retrait Click and Collect en magasin gratuit
  • Nombre de pages178
  • ISBN978-1-4331-0201-1
  • EAN9781433102011
  • Date de parution01/12/2007
  • CollectionStudies in Biblical Literature
  • ÉditeurPeter Lang

Résumé

Grammarians have been unable to provide a sufficient explanation for the verbal system of Biblical Aramaic by means of the standard categories of tense and aspect. Michael B. Shepherd exposes this situation and suggests a way out of the present impasse through distributional analysis by proposing that Biblical Aramaic has a primary verbal form for narration and a primary verbal form for discourse.
This simple yet comprehensive proposal holds true not only for Biblical Aramaic but also for extra-Biblical Aramaic texts. This volume is an indispensable resource for courses in Biblical Aramaic and for anyone who wishes to read and understand the Biblical Aramaic corpus.
The Author : Michael B. Shepherd holds a Ph.D. in Old Testament studies from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He is currently Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana.