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Review of Sasson, Jack M., Judges 1–12: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (AB, 6D; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014).
No full textSuspense and Authority amid Biblical Hebrew Front Dislocation
Get PDFThis study investigates front dislocation in Biblical Hebrew from a cognitive–semiotic perspective, employing evidence from Structure Building Framework theory to explain how the syntagm\u27s formal components trigger psychological dynamics that yield rhetorical impacts. By momentarily suspending full alignment between linguistic code and message, front dislocation leverages ambiguity between expression and meaning, placing the listener into an acutely amplified state of expectation and bolstering the authority of the speaker over the communication event
Review of Colllins, John J. and Daniel C. Harlow (eds.) The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2010).
No full textReview of Khan, Geoffrey, A Short Introduction to the Tiberian Masoretic Bible and its Reading Tradition (2nd ed.; Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2013).
No full textThe Construction of Judean Diasporic Identity in Ezra–Nehemiah
Get PDFThis essay explores how Ezra–Nehemiah partially inverts the traditional paradigm of exile found in other biblical writings. When one community is formed at some distance from another in antiquity, the derivative community normally appears as a dependent community (or colony). Yet, in Ezra–Nehemiah the homeland repeatedly experiences renewal through initiatives undertaken by diaspora Judeans. Particular attention is given to how the vertical alliances forged within the Achaemenid administration by two diaspora leaders—Ezra and Nehemiah—are deployed to benefit Yehud. The commendation of Ezra and Nehemiah raises fascinating issues about developing notions of Judean ethnicity and identity in a world dominated by imperial interests
Review of Frisch, Amos, Torn Asunder: The Division of the Kingdom Narrative in the Book of Kings (Beer Sheva: Ben Gurion University Press, 2014).
No full textSequences of Verbal Forms and Taxis in Biblical Hebrew
Get PDFThis study presents an empirical collection of Biblical Hebrew verbal forms, arguing that at one stage of the Hebrew language syntax was based on a combination of sequences and taxis (the chronological relations between two “actions”). The suffix conjugation and the prefix conjugation had different functions in a past/anterior sequence and in a non-past/non-anterior sequence. In a past/anterior sequence, the suffix conjugation denoted a co-ordinate element, while the prefix conjugation denoted a sub-ordinate element. In a non-past/non-anterior sequence, on the other hand, the prefix conjugation denoted a co-ordinate element, whereas the suffix conjugation denoted a sub-ordinate element. This syntax was identical in direct speech, subordinate clauses, narration and poetry
Review of Adams, Samuel L., Social and Economic Life in Second Temple Judea (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2014).
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