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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Masoretic Text"”.
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The rhetoric of reflection : Hebrew roots of cognition and the final form of the masoretic text of the Psalter.
This dissertation builds on and attempts to contribute to the larger stream of research of the past three decades generated by Gerald H. Wilson's seminal work The Editing of the Hebrew Psalter. This stream of research has considered the Psalter in its final form as an intentionally arranged …
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The Textual Relation of the Peshitta of Ezekiel 1-12 to MT and to the Ancient Versions (Tg-J and LXX)
… the Peshitta version as a useful tool (as a textual witness) for the study of the Hebrew text. The knowledge of textual problems, in this case the relationship of<em> </em><strong>S</strong> [Peshitta Version] to the ancient versions, is of extreme importance in the analysis and study of the …
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Kaige and the Early Transmission History of the Bible: A Reassessment
… the Greek Minor Prophets Scroll and kaige texts in Samuel–Kings, this study challenges existing assumptions and provides new insights into their historical and textual significance. Detailed analyses reveal that kaige revision was undertaken by educated scribes proficient in Greek and …
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III-h verbs in biblical Hebrew: A study of short and long forms with special attention to the wayyiqtol conjugation
… rendered as either short or long in the Hebrew Masoretic text ( wayyiqtol , yiqtol , Imperative). In chapter 1, a general examination of all 5,027 possible verbal forms is conducted and preliminary observations are set forth. In chapter 2 through chapter 6, the 2,299 wayyiqtol verbal forms are …
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An Investigative Comparison Between Four Approaches to Discourse Analysis Using MT Esther as a Test Case
… to Biblical Hebrew discourse analysis using the Masoretic Text of Esther as a test case: the tagmemic, distributional, information structure, and interclausal approaches. Whereas traditional exegesis tends to focus on grammar and syntax at the level of the word, clause, or sentence, discourse …
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Drafting Israel’s borders : reassessing the compositional history of Joshua 18—19 in light of later scribal activity.
… closure to the Cisjordan land distribution texts in Joshua 14—19. Unique themes occur throughout the passage such as concepts of a land commission, the land distribution by lot-casting (גורל), and tribal inheritances for seven minor tribes (Benjamin, Simeon, Zebulun, Issachar, Asher, …
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Truth and Terror: a Text-Oriented Analysis of Daniel 8:9-14
… passages. This dissertation investigates the Masoretic Text of Dan 8:9-14 by means of a detailed and comprehensive text-oriented analysis that utilizes linguistic, literary, and intertextual procedures.</p> <p>In chapter 1, an overview of modern text-oriented approaches and the review of …
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A Critical Comparative Scriptural Analysis of Genesis 1:1-5 based on Hebrew, Aramaic, Syriac, Greek, and Coptic Manuscripts
… far at the same time from the original Hebrew text because of historical, geographical, theological, cultural, philological, and linguistic reasons. The scribes who translated the biblical narrative of the creation of light from Hebrew to a lingua franca of their time had a translation …
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Biblical Criticism and Confessional Division from Jean Morin to Richard Simon, c. 1620-1685
… critique du Vieux Testament (1678), in the context of the great increase in critical study of the text of the Bible that occurred after 1620. The problems and questions that confronted European scholars at this time were profound, as new manuscript discoveries combined with existing learned and …