This volume explores an underappreciated feature of the standard Tiberian Masoretic tradition of Biblical Hebrew, namely its composite nature. Focusing on cases of dissonance between the tradition’s written (consonantal) and reading (vocalic) components, the study shows that the Tiberian spelling and pronunciation traditions, though related, interdependent, and largely in harmony, at numerous points reflect distinct oral realisations of the biblical text. Where the extant vocalisation differs from the apparently pre-exilic pronunciation presupposed by the written tradition, the former often exhibits conspicuous affinity with post-exilic linguistic conventions as seen in representative Second Temple material, such as the core Late Biblical Hebrew books, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Ben Sira, rabbinic literature, the Samaritan Pentateuch, and contemporary Aramaic and Syriac material. On the one hand, such instances of written-reading disharmony clearly entail a degree of anachronism in the vocalisation of Classical Biblical Hebrew compositions. On the other, since many of the innovative and secondary features in the Tiberian vocalisation tradition are typical of sources from the Second Temple Period and, in some cases, are documented as minority alternatives in even earlier material, the Masoretic reading tradition is justifiably characterised as a linguistic artefact of profound historical depth.
Book Series
- Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures vol. 17
- ISSN Print: 2632-6906
- ISSN Digital: 2632-6914
Copyright
Aaron D. HornkohlPublished On
2023-02-06ISBN
Paperback978-1-80064-980-4Hardback978-1-80064-981-1PDF978-1-80064-982-8Language
- English
Print Length
558 pages (xii+546)Dimensions
Paperback156 x 38 x 234 mm(6.14" x 1.5" x 9.21")Hardback156 x 42 x 234 mm(6.14" x 1.65" x 9.21")Weight
Paperback774g (27.30oz)Hardback961g (33.90oz)Contents
Introduction
(pp. 1–42)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
1. The Tetragrammaton
(pp. 45–54)
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2. לֵרָאוֹת אֶת־פְּנֵי יְּהוָה and Similar
(pp. 55–66)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
3. Ketiv-Qere Euphemisms
(pp. 67–80)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
4. The Proper Name Issachar
(pp. 83–92)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
5. לִקְרַאת Liqra(ʾ)ṯ
(pp. 93–100)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
6. The 2MS Endings
(pp. 101–144)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
7. The 2FS Endings
(pp. 145–160)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
8. The Qere Perpetuum הִוא
(pp. 161–170)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
9. The 2/3FPL Endings
(pp. 171–182)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
10. Nifalisation
(pp. 183–208)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
11. Hifilisation
(pp. 209–252)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
12. Pielisation
(pp. 253–288)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
13. Hitpaelisation
(pp. 289–318)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
14. Ṭɛrɛm Qaṭal
(pp. 319–346)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
15. Ha-Qaṭal
(pp. 347–372)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
16. Wayyiqṭol
(pp. 373–384)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
17. 1st-person Wayyiqṭol
(pp. 385–440)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
18. I-y We-yiqṭol for Weqaṭal
(pp. 441–462)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
Conclusion
(pp. 463–480)
- Aaron D. Hornkohl
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