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Hebrew Verbal System and the Use of Weqatal and Wayyiqtol in Discourse-Thematic Analysis
No full textThis work is embargoed by the author until 06/12/2027.This dissertation employs Conceptual Projection Theory to uncover the prototypical features of the Hebrew verb forms qatal, yiqtol, weqatal, and wayyiqtol. The theory encourages viewing the prefixed waw of weqatal and wayyiqtol as one constituent and their corresponding qatal or yiqtol as the other constituent. Aspectuality and deixis are two prototypical features of qatal and yiqtol. In Early Biblical Hebrew, they interact with each other and with the context to generate Aktionsart and situation aspects. Given that the primary aim is to understand how weqatal and wayyiqtol operate in discourse-thematic communication, this research also examines verbal sequencing and discourse stepping. The author proposes that the energic waw can act as a counter-consecution node, signaling the most salient information in a discourse
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Issues of Historiography Concerning the Tower of Babel
Get PDFMaster of Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2019The historicity of the Tower of Babel (Gen 11:1–9) has raised considerable debate
among Old Testament scholars. Several scholars believe that there are some reasonable
arguments to support the possibility of its historicity, as related in Genesis 11:1–9, while
some other scholars disagree.
This thesis starts with the assumption that the narrative of the Tower of Babel
happened in the context of the time of Noah and his three generations of descendants.
With that assumption, this thesis tried to analyze the possibility of the argument of the
historicity of the Tower of Babel based on the archaeological discoveries, ancient
sources, and the biblical argument, in particular, the toledot argument
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
A critical edition of the hexaplaric fragments of Ecclesiastes
No full textThis restricted item is available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary through the URI below.This dissertation provides the first full-scale critical edition of the hexaplaric fragments of Ecclesiastes since 1875, when Frederick Field published his monumental two-volume edition of the hexaplaric remains of the entire Old Testament, Origenis Hexaplorum quae supersunt sive veterum interpretum graecorum in totum Vetus Testamentum fragmenta . Chapter 1 situates this project within the history of significant editions of the hexaplaric fragments and explains the methodology that was developed for the dissertation. This chapter also provides recommendations on how to use the work and explains how the edition presupposes many of the conventions of the Göttingen Septuagint editions.
Chapter 2 describes the textual sources used for the project: notes in the margins of Greek/LXX Bible manuscripts, marginal readings in Syriac from the Syro-Hexapla, the works of early church fathers, and the Catena traditions. The chapter also takes note of certain source materials that were not available at the time that the dissertation was completed.
Chapter 3 constitutes the main body of the work. Critical readings from the Three--Aquila, Symmachus, and Theodotion--as well as readings from sources which are hexaplaric by association, are provided along with a critical apparatus and editorial discussions. The hexaplaric reading is given in conjunction with the Hebrew and LXX lemmas to which it corresponds. The layout of the critical apparatus allows the reader to see the following: which sources are extant for the lemma of the critical reading, how much of the lemma is extant for the source, how the source varies from the critical reading, how the attribution to one of the Three in the source varies from the attribution in the critical reading, and how the non-Greek sources read in their respective languages. The editorial discussions elucidate the text-critical choices made by the editor and interact with secondary literature
Regeneration and the Heart Under the Old Covenant: A Study in Deuteronomy and the Major Prophets
Get PDFBiblical scholars debate whether elect members of the old covenant were regenerate, often tying the discussion to the language of circumcision of heart. Yet an analysis of heart transformation metaphors in the prophets reveals that all are mutually-interpreting, eschatological, and linked to the new covenant. This study examines and characterizes the moral heart and its transformation in the prophetic books of Deuteronomy, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. The heart is shown to be determinant in both allegiance and action, and the epicenter of covenant knowledge and obedience. As a result, heart transformation is needed in order to change one’s relationship to YHWH and his commands. An analysis of the relevant data reveals that, while there is a qualitative difference between the hearts of the elect and non-elect under both covenants, in the new covenant the transformation of heart brings quantitatively new covenant knowledge of YHWH leading to Spirit-empowered obedience
Translation technique in the Greek Lamentations
No full textThis restricted item is available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary through the URI below.On the basis of an analysis of the Greek Minor Prophets Scroll from Nah[dotbelow]al Hever (8Hev gkXII), Dominique Barthélemy theorized that a pre-Christian recension of OG exists and that it bears a close relationship to certain OG books, including Lamentations. These translations/revisions share a strikingly similar translation technique that Barthélemy attributed to the influence of rabbinic exegesis. He called them the "[kaige ; Special characters omitted.] group" after a shared stereotype ([kaige ; Special characters omitted.] for gam/vgam
[Special characters omitted.]).
This dissertation examines Barthélemy's claims regarding the Greek Lamentations' relationship to the [kaige ; Special characters omitted.] group. By carefully delineating the patterns and methods of the translator responsible for the Greek Lamentations, one can determine where the translation fits in OG's text history.
Chapter 1 establishes the original text of the Greek Lamentations by evaluating Joseph Ziegler's critical edition. Ziegler's text is adopted as the basis for the analysis with a few modifications.
Chapter 2 presents the data resulting from a comprehensive analysis of the translator's technique. His equivalent for every part of speech and every linguistic phenomenon is scrutinized in both its structural and lexical aspects.
Chapter 3 compares the data of chapter 2 with similar studies performed on other members of the [kaige ; Special characters omitted.] group as well as with studies of the Greek Psalter and Aquila. The comparison reveals that Greek Lamentations and the other members of the [kaige ; Special characters omitted.] group do share a very similar translation technique. The translation, however, also exhibits considerable independence.
Chapter 4 establishes that Barthélemy's characterization of the Greek Lamentations is basically accurate. It does indeed fit in the [kaige ; Special characters omitted.] group though it does not betray the influence of rabbinic exegesis. The translation was likely produced in the first half of the first century A.D. though Palestinian provenance is impossible to prove. Dissimilarities, however, also exist between the Greek Lamentations and other members of the [kaige ; Special characters omitted.] group that argue against a single translator or even, in a strict sense, a school of translators as the single source of the [kaige ; Special characters omitted.] phenomenon
III-h verbs in biblical Hebrew: A study of short and long forms with special attention to the wayyiqtol conjugation
No full textThis restricted item is available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary through the URI below.This dissertation studies III-h verbs in Biblical Hebrew that may be rendered as either short or long in the Hebrew Masoretic text ( wayyiqtol , yiqtol , Imperative). In chapter 1, a general examination of all 5,027 possible verbal forms is conducted and preliminary observations are set forth. In chapter 2 through chapter 6, the 2,299 wayyiqtol verbal forms are submitted to a detailed formal analysis in the following six categories: (1) accent environment; (2) phonetic context; (3) genre; (4) verbal and lexical semantics; (5) diachronic environment; and (6) dialectical environment. In chapter 7, the data is summarized. The analysis of the data in this study suggests that the 118 III-h wayyiqtol long verbal forms that appear in the Hebrew Bible represent a northern dialectical feature (Israelian Hebrew) that was less commonly employed in the south (Judahite Hebrew). The prevalence of the use of the long first person form and the supposed influence of Israelian Hebrew on late biblical Hebrew may explain the increased usage of the long first person form in late biblical Hebrew (especially Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah). Additionally, the data suggests that the long III-h wayyiqtol form corresponds in usage with the non III-h wayyiqtol forms lengthened with the ah suffix ( paragogic h). Before any firm conclusions can be set forth with regard to the meaning or significance of the long III-h form in biblical Hebrew, the data for the yiqtol and Imperative conjugations must be analyzed. However, the dialectically shaped distribution, the preference for the first person, and the correspondence between long III-h and lengthened non III-h verbal forms appears to support a meaning that would correspond to the Semitic ventive or allative
A critical edition of the hexaplaric fragments of Numbers 1-18
No full textThis restricted item is available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary through the URI below.This dissertation consists of the first complete critical edition of the hexaplaric fragments of Numbers 1-18 from all known Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Syriac, and Latin sources since the publication of Frederick Field's Origenis Hexaplorum quae supersunt sive veterum interpretum graecorum in totum Vetus Testamentum fragmenta in 1875. Chapter 1 first details the history of the hexapla and hexaplaric research, giving a broad overview of how the Hexapla came to be, the most important discoveries of hexaplaric material, and the critical research done on the Hexapla. The chapter also provides the reader with an introduction to how to interpret the edition, explaining the process involved in producing the work and providing an example of how to read the critical apparatus.
Chapter 2 provides a brief introduction to the most important hexaplaric sources used for the project. This includes the Origenic group which follows the fifth column of Origen's Hexapla closely, the s -group which contains many important hexaplaric marginal notes, other important Greek manuscripts with hexaplaric readings, the Syro-hexapla manuscripts, and the relevant Church Fathers from which readings were taken.
Chapter 3 is the main body of the work, containing the critical apparatus of the first 18 chapters of Numbers. Each entry first presents the relevant Hebrew and Greek Septuagint text. Next, the lemma is given with attribution. Six critical apparatuses follow: The first gives the primary witnesses to the lemma; these consist mainly of the marginal readings and church fathers, the material found in Wevers' second apparatus. Next, the secondary witnesses are given; these consist mainly of the text readings that are found in Wevers' first apparatus. After this, all the variants in attribution are presented. Next, all variants to the lemma are presented. Following this, all non-Greek sources are provided for the reader. Finally, notes are given on the lemma. This final section provides discussion of the lemma, attributions, variants, and text history in general.
Chapter 4, "Reading of Doubtful Hexaplaric Significance," contains those readings that are probably not related to the original Hexapla but must be considered because of the value of the witnesses that contain them or the fact that Wevers has included them in his second apparatus.
Chapter 5 contains a summary of the results of this study. The summary is given in terms of the number and nature of the readings and in terms of a comparison of this study with Wevers' Edition
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