The verbal system of the Dead Sea scrolls: tense, aspect, and modality in Qumran Hebrew texts

"In Verbs in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Tense, Aspect, or Mood? Ken M. Penner determines whether Qumran Hebrew finite verbs are primarily temporal, aspectual, or modal. Standard grammars claim Hebrew was aspect-prominent in the Bible, and tense-prominent in the Mishnah. But the semantic value of the...

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Subtitles:Verb form semantics in Qumran Hebrew texts tense, aspect, and modality between the Bible and the Mishnah
Main Author: Penner, Ken M. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2015]
In: Studia Semitica Neerlandica (volume 64)
Year: 2015
Reviews:[Rezension von: Penner, Ken M., The verbal system of the Dead Sea scrolls] (2018) (Hare, Laura)
Series/Journal:Studia Semitica Neerlandica volume 64
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hebrew language / Dead Sea scrolls, Qumran Scrolls / Verb / Time / Aspect (Linguistics) / Mood
Further subjects:B Hebrew language Verb
B Hebrew language Grammar
B Thesis
B Dead Sea Scrolls Language, style
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Summary:"In Verbs in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Tense, Aspect, or Mood? Ken M. Penner determines whether Qumran Hebrew finite verbs are primarily temporal, aspectual, or modal. Standard grammars claim Hebrew was aspect-prominent in the Bible, and tense-prominent in the Mishnah. But the semantic value of the verb forms in the intervening period in which the Dead Sea Scrolls were written has remained controversial. Penner answers the question of Qumran Hebrew verb form semantics using an empirical method: a database calculating the correlation between each form and each function, establishing that the ancient author's selection of verb form is determined not by aspect, but by tense or modality. Penner then applies these findings to controversial interpretations of three Qumran texts"--
Item Description:Aus den Fremddaten: "Teilw. zugl.: Hamilton, On., McMaster Univ., Diss., 2006 u.d.T.: Penner, Ken M.: Verb form semantics in Qumran Hebrew texts tense, aspect, and modality between the Bible and the Mishnah"
ISBN:9004298436