Fundamentals of Hebrew Accents - Divisions and Exegetical Roles Beyond Syntax

List of contents

1. Introduction to Tiberian Hebrew accents; 2. Major rules of Hebrew accents; 3. Substitutions of disjunctive accents (I); 4. Substitutions of disjunctive accents (II); 5. Conjunctive Accents; 6. Minor rules of Hebrew accents; 7. The divisions by Hebrew Accents; 8. The exegetical roles of the divisions.

About the author

Sung Jin Park (Ph.D. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Dean of Asian Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City. He is the author of Typology in Biblical Hebrew Meter: A Generative Metrical Approach (2017) and numerous academic articles.

Summary

This book is designed to serve as a textbook for intermediate Hebrew students and above. It presents the fundamental features of the Tiberian Hebrew accents, focusing on their divisions and exegetical roles. It will enhance understandings of biblical texts and facilitate exegetical insights that Hebrew syntax alone may not provide.

Product details

• Authors: Sung Jin Park
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108479936
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47993-6
• No. of pages: 190
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Hebräisch, Schule und Lernen: Moderne Sprachen: Fremdsprachenerwerb, Religion - Biblical Studies, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Hebrew, Christianity, Language: history & general works, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament / General, Language: history and general works, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Old Testaments