Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Trevor & Julie Peterson" <spedrson AT thesimpsons.com>]

Bryan is probably a good one to get information from on this sort of thing.
In fact, he's written an introductory Hebrew grammar that incorporates
discourse analysis into first year Hebrew.  (I don't know if it's been
published yet, but I was able to buy an unpublished copy from him a year or
two ago.)  At the time it was called "A New Approach to Learning Biblical
Hebrew Using Discourse Analysis."  It's a good resource if your grammar is a
little rusty and you want to kill two birds with one stone, or if you expect
to end up teaching Hebrew grammar.  He also refers you to other writers like
Longacre and Niccacci (who frequents this list, BTW).  If you want the DA
without the grammar instruction, they would be good sources to try.

Trevor Peterson

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Brian Tucker [mailto:music AT riverviewcog.org]
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 12:00 AM
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: 1 Samuel 1:1-20 Verbal Sequences
>
>
> Shalom
>
> I have read the past posts on this passage from 11-25-98 through
> 11-27-98,
> as well as, 12-16-98. It was difficult to follow the arguments that were
> put forth, but the content was interesting and I would like to know more.
>
> 1. Which verbs form the main narrative. I am looking to properly
> define the
> main narrative?
>
> 2. When one looks at subordinate, embedded sequence, what are the signals
> for the change?
>
> 3. I would like some explanatory observations concerning this
> passage, and
> guidance on how to properly go about this type of discourse analysis.
>
> 4. Did Bryan, Rolf or Vincent ever come to any conclusions
> concerning this
> section?
>
> 5. Could someone define "mainline in embedded narrative"? I am
> pretty sure
> I know what it means, I just wish to be consistent in my use of the
> phrase.
>
> 6. What is the proper way to understand the four VaYeHi in 1:1-20?
>
> 7. Is there any consecutiving (is that a word?) going on in this passage?
>
> Bryan provided a graphic representation of verses 1-10 that was
> helpful in
> formulating my questions.
>
> Todah
> Joseph Brian Tucker
> Riverview, MI
> music AT riverviewcog.org
>
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