Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
VOLUME 1
IAN YOUNG
ROBERT REZETKO
London Oakville
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Preface ix
Abbreviations xi
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 2
EARLY VS. LATE BIBLICAL HEBREW:
PRINCIPLES AND METHODOLOGY 10
Chapter 3
EARLY VS. LATE BIBLICAL HEBREW:
CRITIQUE OF PRINCIPLES 45
Chapter 4
EARLY VS. LATE BIBLICAL HEBREW:
CRITIQUE OF METHODOLOGY 83
Chapter 5
EARLY VS. LATE BIBLICAL HEBREW:
LINGUISTIC FEATURES AND RATES OF ACCUMULATION 111
Chapter 6
HEBREW INSCRIPTIONS OF THE MONARCHIC PERIOD 143
Chapter 7
DIALECTS AND DIGLOSSIA 173
Chapter 8
ARAMAIC 201
Chapter 9
MISHNAIC HEBREW 223
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viii Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts
Chapter 10
QUMRAN HEBREW AND BEN SIRA 250
Chapter 11
LOANWORDS 280
Chapter 12
ARCHAIC BIBLICAL HEBREW 312
Chapter 13
TEXTUAL CRITICISM 341
Chapter 14
CONCLUSION 361
VOLUME 2:
A SURVEY OF SCHOLARSHIP, A NEW SYNTHESIS
AND A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Abbreviations ix
Chapter 1
SURVEY OF SCHOLARSHIP ON THE DATING
OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE 1
Chapter 2
SYNTHESIS OF THE ARGUMENT:
EBH AND LBH AS CO-EXISTING STYLES 72
Chapter 3
LINGUISTIC CASE STUDIES 106
Chapter 4
TABLES OF LINGUISTIC FEATURES
SUGGESTED TO BE LBH IN MAJOR PUBLICATIONS 160
Bibliography 215
Analytical Outline of Subjects 284
Index of Hebrew and Aramaic Words 296
Index of Biblical Literature and References 324
Index of Authors 368
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PREFACE