The medieval karaite tradition of hebrew grammar

The medieval karaite tradition of hebrew grammar: Una presentación global y valorativa del conocimiento que la investigación moderna ha conseguido de la labor filológica de los caraítas en el campo de la lengua hebrea, em tres áreas fundamentales: gramática, lexicografia y lectura de La Bíblia. 26 páginas.

O “SER” E O “NÃO SER” EM HEBRAICO

O “SER” E O “NÃO SER” EM HEBRAICO

Rosana de Vilhena Lima (Aluna do 8º Período de Letras- Português/Ufes)

Resumo: Ao analisar as línguas semitas um fato lingüístico chama a atenção do ocidental: a presença abundante de estruturas frasais nominais. Apesar dessa estranheza, na língua portuguesa do Brasil há também enunciados destituídos do núcleo verbal. A ausência de um núcleo verbal, contudo, não acarreta prejuízo para a compreensão do enunciado. O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar estruturas gramaticais do hebraico que preenchem as “lacunas” decorrentes da não utilização do verbo “ser ” como elemento de ligação e demonstrar que na língua portuguesa não é incomum a ocorrência de estruturas frasais nominais.

Palavras-chave: Português; Hebraico; Verbo ser.

Geminate Ballast: An Unrecognized Literary Feature in Ancient Semitic Poetry

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 5: Article 8 (2004)

Geminate Ballast: An Unrecognized Literary Feature in Ancient Semitic Poetry

Scott Noegel

Abstract: The device examined here appears to be employed in all strata of biblical Hebrew poetry, and its widespread usage in other Semitic texts shows that it was acquired in scribal circles along with other sophisticated compositional techniques. Its appearance in Akkadian suggests that the device may have originated in Mesopotamia and moved westward with cuneiform culture at an early date. However, regardless of its provenance, the evidence suggests that geminate ballast and clustering was yet another technique available to the ancient Semitic poet.

Issues in the Linguistic Analysis of a Dead language, with Particular Reference to Ancient Hebrew

Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 6: Article 11 (2006)

Issues in the Linguistic Analysis of a Dead language, with Particular Reference to Ancient Hebrew

Robert Holmstedt

Abstract: With the increasing maturation of the linguistic analysis of ancient Hebrew, it becomes increasingly important that we keep in mind the inherent challenges of analyzing no-longer-spoken languages, like ancient Hebrew. In this article I address a number of such issues in the hopes of provoking some fruitful discussion. First, I address the distinction between linguistic analysis and philological analysis. Then I address some of the major methodological and theoretical challenges facing those who bring modern linguistic theories to bear upon a ‘dead’ language such as ancient Hebrew, including the lack of native speakers, the limited corpus, and the relationship of ancient Hebrew to modern Israeli Hebrew.

Aramaic as Language of Jesus by Dr. DeFrancisco

Aramaic as Language of Jesus by Dr. DeFrancisco

This article is in response to the article of a similar title, Which Language Did Jesus Speak – Aramaic or Hebrew? by Brian Knowles published by ACD. While we essentially agree with the thesis of Mr. Knowles in that Jesus spoke primarily a Semitic language we do not agree with the conclusion that it was Hebrew rather than Aramaic. In this article we will provide background information that leads us to our conclusion. >>> Leia mais, clique aqui.

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Los últimos poetas Hebreos de Sefarad: poesía hebrea en el mundo románico

Los últimos poetas Hebreos de Sefarad: poesía hebrea en el mundo románico

(JUDIT, TARGARONA BORRÁS)

Revista: Revista de Filología Románica - Vol. 19 , 2002

Palabras clave: Hebrew poetry in the Hispanic Kingdoms, Medieval Hebrew poetry in Spain.

Resumen: During the two decades of renaissance elapsed between the bloody events of 1391 and the year 1414, in which the Dispute of Tortosa concluded, a completely new phenomenon took place in the history of the Hebrew poetry in the Hispanic Kingdoms: A group of poets congregated in the Crown of Aragon that, in words of E. Fleischer, felt «linked by a kind of a friends’ pact... and considered themselves as representatives of Hebrew poetry in Spain at the moment». They are the poets of the Circle of Zaragoza, and the same as the poets of their milieu who wrote in Romance languages, they interchanged letters in form of poems and participated in contests...>>> Leia mais, clique aqui.

A linguagem do Antigo Testamento (Isaías Lobão Pereira Júnior)

A linguagem do Antigo Testamento
Em sua maior parte, o Antigo Testamento, foi escrito em hebraico. Porém, existem alguns poucos trechos em aramaico (Gênesis 31,47; Esdras 4,8 a 6,18, Jeremias 10,11; 7,12-26 e Daniel 2,4 a 7,8). O hebraico e o aramaico pertencem a uma família de línguas, que desde o fim do século XVII, convencionou-se designar de semita. Um nome que é derivado da passagem de Gênesis 10,22, onde foi registrado os nomes dos descendentes de Sem, filho de Noé. >>> Leia mais, clique aqui.

On the Semantics of Modal Coordination in Biblical Hebrew

On the Semantics of Modal Coordination
in Biblical Hebrew:
A Strictly Compositional Approach
to Truth-Functional Operators for Natural Language

Vincent DeCaen
Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
10/2001 draft 2
11 páginas

Doctoral Thesis
"On the Placement and Interpretation of the Verb in Standard Biblical Hebrew Prose" (University of Toronto 1995)

The thesis takes the so-called enigma of the Hebrew verbal system as a problem in generative grammar. The formal model integrates phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatic/discourse analysis. Important proposals include verb movement and topicalization in an SVO system, and an alternative analysis of tense, mood and aspect. Both proposals have an obvious bearing on exegesis and discourse analysis.

ISBN: 0-612-02741-4
Diss. Abstracts: AAT NN02741
ILLO University of Toronto: theses NEAST 1995 Ph.D. 6298 ROBA

Electronic Publications

"Hebrew Linguistics and Biblical Criticism: A Minimalist Programme",
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 3 (2000-2001)
[now published in Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures (2006)]

Manuscripts

"Syllable Weight and Prosodic Foot in Tiberian Hebrew: Long-word Diagnostic, Database, and Generative Analysis"
(circulation draft)

"Theme and Variation in Jonah 2: A Metrical Analysis of a Biblical Pentameter"
(draft outline)

"Theme and Variation in Psalm 111: Phrase and Foot in Generative-Metrical Perspective"
(revised draft 8)

"On the Semantics of Modal Coordination in Biblical Hebrew: A Strictly Compositional Approach to Truth-Functional Operators for Natural Language"
(draft 2, 2001)

Generative Masoretics (2007-2008)

"An Optimality-theoretic Syntax-to-phonology Phrasing Algorithm."
(draft outline with application to Psalm 111, March, 2008)

"The Clitic in Tiberian Hebrew: A Constraints-Based Approach."
(notes, March, 2008)

"The Clitic in Biblical Hebrew Poetry: A Constraints-Based Approach."
(notes, March, 2008)