The Verbal System in the Hebrew Text of Ben Sira

This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the verbal system in the extant Hebrew witnesses of Ben Sira. It is an important contribution both to Ben Sira studies and to the debate about the tenses in Classical Hebrew.

About the author

Willem Th. van Peursen, Ph.D. (1999), Leiden University, is post-doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Theology, Leiden University. He has published on Ben Sira, Classical Hebrew and Syriac, and is co-editor of the Concordance to the Peshitta (in progress).

Product details

• Authors: Willem Th van Peursen
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2003
• EAN: 9789004136670
• ISBN: 978-90-04-13667-0
• No. of pages: 470
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 244 mm x 37 mm
• Weight: 1002 g
• Series: Studies in Semitic Languages a
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations