Diggers at the Well: Proceedings of a Third International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ben Sira (Studies of the Texts of the Desert of Judah)

DIGGERS AT THE WELL......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 10
I: Nominal clauses with יש......Page 12
II. Nominal clauses with אין......Page 15
IIIa. Parallel constructions with ואין and לאין......Page 19
IIIb. Poetic alternation לא /אין......Page 20
IIId. Alternatives for possessive ל......Page 21
IIIe. Various aspects......Page 22
Example 1......Page 23
Example 2......Page 25
B. Aramaic at Qumran......Page 26
Example 1......Page 27
Example 2......Page 28
Summary......Page 30
Joshua Blau: A Conservative View of the Language of the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 31
1. The Problem......Page 37
2. Semantic aspects of Hebrew pseudo-constructs......Page 42
3. Full lexicalization of historical pseudo-constructs......Page 47
4. Synopsis and conclusion......Page 48
I INTRODUCTION......Page 51
II FIFTEEN SIGNIFICANT DSS VARIANTS IN Isa 1-5 WHICH ARE PREFERABLE TO THE MT......Page 56
III CONCLUSION......Page 66
Part A......Page 67
Part Β......Page 68
John F. Elwolde: rwqmh in the Damascus Document and Ps 139:15......Page 76
Appendix 1. Other approaches ίο rwqmh......Page 85
Appendix 2. The quṭl noun pattern and the Puˁal in the Scrolls......Page 88
Appendix 3. Rigmah (Ps 68:28) and gimel/kaf/qof interchange......Page 90
(a) Narration......Page 95
(b) Discourse......Page 97
The Participle......Page 99
Infinitives......Page 101
Introductory wayhī......Page 102
Summary......Page 103
A.......Page 105
B.......Page 107
Book of Isaiah......Page 108
Book of Psalms......Page 110
Book of Genesis......Page 111
C.......Page 112
D.......Page 115
E. Summary......Page 117
Avi Hurvitz: Was QH a "Spoken" Language? On some Recent Views and Positions: Comments......Page 121
Jan Joosten: The Knowledge and Use of Hebrew in the Hellenistic Period: Qumran and the Septuagint......Page 126
1.1. The problem of using a version......Page 127
1.2. Post-biblical Hebrew in the Septuagint......Page 128
1.2.1 Cases involving rabbinic Hebrew......Page 130
1.2.2 Cases involving Late Biblical Hebrew......Page 132
2.1. Old linguistic traditions reflected in the LXX and in QH......Page 133
2.2.1. Later homonyms......Page 135
2.2.2. Semantic developments......Page 136
2.2.3. Pseudo-classicism......Page 138
2.3. Differences between QH and the Hebrew of the translators......Page 139
3. Conclusions......Page 140
כ.א.ר in Pesher Nahum and its relationship to other layers of Hebrew......Page 142
The DSS language as a contribution to the interpretation of BH גבורה, סלע......Page 144
'praise' שבח......Page 145
שמע/בין......Page 146
CONCLUSION......Page 147
Menahem Kister: Some Observations on Vocabulary and Style in the Dead Sea Scrolls......Page 148
תעודה. 1......Page 177
אמר שירה. 2......Page 181
Shelomo Morag: On Some Concepts in the World of Qumran: Polysemy and Semantic Development......Page 189
יחד......Page 190
גורל......Page 193
הרבים......Page 197
סרך......Page 202
Takamitsu Muraoka: An Approach to the Morphosyntax and Syntax of Qumran Hebrew......Page 204
[1] Infinitive construct......Page 205
[2] Infinitive absolute......Page 206
[3] The cohortative and the long imperative......Page 207
[4] Prolepsis......Page 210
[5] Impersonal constructions......Page 211
[6] The definite article with a nomen regens......Page 212
[8] The verb complementation......Page 213
[9] The Heh locale......Page 217
[10] Tenses......Page 219
[13] Conclusions......Page 225
[12] The conditional כי......Page 223
I: The use of qatal in the protasis of conditional clauses......Page 226
II: The infinitive in the protasis......Page 228
III: Verb forms used in the apodosis......Page 229
V: Use and non-use of the waw apodoseos......Page 233
Conclusion......Page 235
APPENDIX: SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND BEN SIRA IN RELATION TO PROFESSOR MURAOKA'S LECTURE......Page 236
1 Introduction......Page 243
3. What is the Origin of MH......Page 244
3.1. Did Nehemiah Speak MH?......Page 247
4.1 How much Archaism can be Found in the DSS?......Page 248
5. Are DSS Hebrew and MH merely a Continuation of BH?......Page 249
6. Comparative Observations of Several Distinctive Features......Page 250
7 Conclusion......Page 255
I. Language and Linguistic Ideology......Page 256
II. Language Ideology in the Qumran Community......Page 257
III. Linguistic Ideology and Grammatical Aspects of Qumran Hebrew......Page 261
I. Introduction......Page 267
The Biblical Evidence: Classifications for Predicative IA......Page 269
Ben Sira......Page 272
DSS......Page 273
Index of Texts......Page 280
Index of Subjects......Page 282
Index of Semitic Words and Phrases......Page 284
Index of Greek and Latin Words......Page 285
Works Cited......Page 286
Back Matter......Page 320