The verbal system of biblical Aramaic

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• Michael B. Shepherd

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• 178 Seiten
• 7 Lesestunden

• Lehrbücher
• Sprachbücher & -lexika

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Grammarians have been unable to provide a sufficient explanation for the verbal system of Biblical Aramaic by means of the standard categories of tense and aspect. Michael B. Shepherd exposes this situation and suggests a way out of the present impasse through distributional analysis by proposing that Biblical Aramaic has a primary verbal form for narration and a primary verbal form for discourse. This simple yet comprehensive proposal holds true not only for Biblical Aramaic but also for extra-Biblical Aramaic texts. This volume is an indispensable resource for courses in Biblical Aramaic and for anyone who wishes to read and understand the Biblical Aramaic corpus.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008