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Final sentences in biblical Hebrew narrative prose form Genesis to 2 Kings

Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.

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Main Author: Payle, Kenneth David
Other Authors: Van der Merwe, C. H. J.
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Language:English
Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2012
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spelling oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/51762 Final sentences in biblical Hebrew narrative prose form Genesis to 2 Kings Payle, Kenneth David Van der Merwe, C. H. J. Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences . Dept. of Ancient Studies . Bible. Old Testament -- Language, style Narration in the Bible Hebrew language -- Syntax Hebrew language -- Sentences Dissertations -- Ancient Near Eastern Studies Theses -- Ancient Near Eastern Studies Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2000. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Final sentences are a neglected area of research in Biblical Hebrew. Apart from an investigation by Mitchell (1879) in the previous century, and a more recent article by Muraoka (1997), this is certainly an area of Biblical Hebrew grammar in need of research. Biblical Hebrew grammars propound a variety of ways final constructions can supposedly be expressed. The main thesis of this study is that the diversity of final constructions in Biblical Hebrew is not merely different syntactic realizations of the same semantic meaning, but that each syntactic construction carries definite semantic nuances. Traditional grammars, because they are sentence-based, present some shortcomings in the description of final sentences. I will briefly expose some of the linguistic presuppositions of traditional grammars, and their inherent limitations with respect to the study of final constructions. Recent developments in general linguistics, especially the variety of approaches subsumed under the broad classification textlinguistics, create new opportunities to address Biblical Hebrew grammar. I will explore this relatively recent developments to the study of language, in order to determine whether insights from studies conducted in terms of this paradigm can be used to describe final constructions more adequately. A number of theses are presented in Chapters 2 and 3, which are evaluated in Chapters 4 to 6. The findings are presented in a summary of at the end of each chapter. The final results of this investigation are summarized in Chapter 7. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Finaalsinne het tot dusver min aandag geniet in Bybelse Hebreeuse navorsing. Afgesien van 'n ondersoek deur Mitchell (1879) in die vorige eeu, en 'n onlangse artikel deur Muraoka (1997), is hierdie 'n navorsingsgebied wat vra om nadere ondersoek. Volgens Bybelse Hebreeuse grammatikas kan finaalsinne op verskeie wyses uitgedruk word. Die hooftese van hierdie studie is dat die verskeidenheid van finaalkonstruksies in Bybelse Hebreeus nie bloot verskillende sintaktiese opsies is om dieselfde semantiese betekenis te realiseer nie, maar dat elke onderskeie sintaktiese konstruksie 'n besondere semantiese nuanse weergee. Omdat hulle eng op die beskrywing van die sin gebaseer is, hou traditionele grammatikas tekortkominge in vir die beskrywing van finaalsinne. In hierdie studie wys ek kortliks op die linguistiese voorveronderstellings van die tradisionele benadering, en op die inherente tekortkominge van so 'n benadering ten opsigte van die ondersoek van finaalsinne. Onlangse ontwikkelinge in die algemene linguistiek, veral die verskeidenheid benaderings saamgevat onder die begrip tekslinguistiek, bied nuwe moontlikhede vir die beskrywing van Bybelse Hebreeus. Ek sal hierdie nuwe benadering tot taalstudie ondersoek om vas te stel of dit aangewend kan word om finaalsinne beter te beskryf. Verskeie tesisse word in Hoofstukke 2 en 3 geformuleer en dan in Hoofstukke 4 tot 6 geëvalueer. Die resultate word aan die einde van elke hoofstuk saamgevat. Die uiteindelike konklusies van hierdie studie word in Hoofstuk 7 saamgevat. Doctoral 2012-08-27T11:34:40Z 2012-08-27T11:34:40Z 2000-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51762 en Stellenbosch University 221 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
spellingShingle Bible. Old Testament -- Language, style
Narration in the Bible
Hebrew language -- Syntax
Hebrew language -- Sentences
Dissertations -- Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Theses -- Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Payle, Kenneth David
Final sentences in biblical Hebrew narrative prose form Genesis to 2 Kings
title Final sentences in biblical Hebrew narrative prose form Genesis to 2 Kings
title_full Final sentences in biblical Hebrew narrative prose form Genesis to 2 Kings
title_fullStr Final sentences in biblical Hebrew narrative prose form Genesis to 2 Kings
title_full_unstemmed Final sentences in biblical Hebrew narrative prose form Genesis to 2 Kings
title_short Final sentences in biblical Hebrew narrative prose form Genesis to 2 Kings
title_sort final sentences in biblical hebrew narrative prose form genesis to 2 kings
topic Bible. Old Testament -- Language, style
Narration in the Bible
Hebrew language -- Syntax
Hebrew language -- Sentences
Dissertations -- Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Theses -- Ancient Near Eastern Studies
url http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51762
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