Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Matthew Anstey" <manstey AT portal.ca>]

Gday Jon,

Jon wrote:

I was looking to buy an advanced hebrew grammar.  I saw a relativley
new one and wondered what people thought about it.  The authors are:
Christo H. Van Der Merwe (Editor),Jackie A. Naude (Editor),Jan H.
Kroeze (Editor) / Paperback / Sheffield Academic Press, Limited /
July 1998. Is this a good one?  How does it compare to Gesenius or
Jouon?  Which would people recommend?

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The sheffield volume is a good reference grammar, but has not much for
explanations. Good to have around, but look at it first before
purchasing it, in case it is not what you are looking for. A good
advanced grammar is of course Waltke & O'Connor. This is the standard
advanced grammar.

If you want very advanced stuff on individual issues, then it is best
to look at articles and books. Some recent books that are discussed
sometimes on this list, and some others that aren't are listed below.
Others on the list may suggest some other stuff.
There are way too many articles to list, and many are not worth
reading unless you are after something fairly specific.

Happy reading!

With regards,
Matthew Anstey

*Andersen, F. I. The Sentence in Biblical Hebrew. The Hague: Mouton,
1974.
*Bergen, Robert D., ed. Biblical Hebrew and Discourse Linguistics.
Texas: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1994.
*Bodine, Walter R., ed. Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew. Winona Lake,
Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1992.
*Bodine, Walter R., ed. Discourse Analysis of Biblical Literature:What
it is and What it Offers. Semeia Studies. Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars
Press, 1995.
*Endo, Yoshinobu. The Verbal System of Classical Hebrew in the Joseph
Story. Studia Semitica Neerlandica. Assen, The Netherlands: Van
Gorcum, 1996.
*Eskhult, M. Studies in Verbal Aspect and Narrative Technique in
Biblical Hebrew Prose. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiskell, 1990.
*Goldenberg, Gideon. Studies in Semitic Linguistics. Jerusalem: The
Magnes Press, 1998.
*Goldfajn, Tal. Word Order and Time in Biblical Hebrew Narrative.
Oxford Theological Mongraphs. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998.
*Hatav, Galia. The Semantics of Aspect and Modality: Evidence From
English and Biblical Hebrew. Studies in Language Companion Series.
vol. 34. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1997.
*Khan, Geoffrey. Studies in Semitic Syntax. London Oriental Series.
Vol 38. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988.
*Miller, Cynthia L., ed. The Verbless Clause in Biblical Hebrew.
Linguistic Studies in Ancient West Semitic. Volume 1. Winona Lake:
Eisenbrauns, 1999.
*van Wolde, Ellen, ed. Narrative Syntax and the Hebrew Bible: Papers
of the Tilburg Conference 1996. Biblical Interpretation Series vol.
29. Leiden: Brill, 1997.
*Waltke, Bruce K., and M. O'Connor. An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew
Syntax. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1990.
*Zevit, Ziony. The Anterior Construction in Classical Hebrew. Society
of Biblical Literature Monograph Series 50, Ed. Terence E. Fretheim.
Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, 1998.