The Verbal System of Biblical Aramaic
A Distributional Approach
©2008
Monographs
XIV,
180 Pages
Series:
Studies in Biblical Literature, Volume 116
Summary
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.
Details
- Pages
- XIV, 180
- Publication Year
- 2008
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781453907603
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433102011
- DOI
- 10.3726/978-1-4539-0760-3
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2007 (December)
- Keywords
- Aramäisch Linguistic Bible Bibel Verb Distribution (Linguistik) Language Aramaic Grammar Syntax Database
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2008. XIV, 180 pp.
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