Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Ian Hutchesson" <mc2499 AT mclink.it>]

I'd like to thank all the people who responded to my request regarding
"Mishnaic" Hebrew both on and off the list, both linguistic pointers and
bibliographic indications.

Here are the latter:

Delitzsch's commentary on Ecclesiastes
Fernández, M.P., (Grammar of Mishnaic Hebrew)
Garbini, Giovanni, Canticle  -- analysis of the Hebrew
Hurvitz, Avi, dissertation: beyn lashon lelashon [The Transition
   Period in Biblical Hebrew], Jerusalem: Mossad Bialiq, 1972.
Japhet, Sara, I & II Chronicles, London, SCM Press, 1993.
Joüon, Paul, _Le Cantique des Cantiques_, Paris, 1909.
Kalimi, Isaac, The Books of Chronicles: A Classified Bibliography,
   Jerusalem, Simor, 1990.
Polzin, Robert, Late Biblical Hebrew: Toward an Historical
   Typology of Biblical Hebrew Prose, Harvard Semitic Museum, 1976
Qimron, E., DJD X -- his analysis of the Hebrew of MMT.
Rendsburg, G., 'Late Biblical Hebrew and the Date of  "P"',
   JANES 12, 1980
Sáenz-Badillos, A., A History of the Hebrew Language, Cambridge:
   CUP, 1993
Segal, M.H., (Grammar of Mishnaic Hebrew)


I won't have much chance to chase some of these up, but there are sufficient
to keep me busy during the week!

As a brief explanation of my interest in the subject, I hope to be giving a
paper at the international SBL conference in Rome in July regarding my
dating for the depositing of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 64/63 BCE. One of the
complaints I will probably have to deal with is an argument based on texts
such as the Copper Scroll, described as written in Mishnaic Hebrew,
indicating a late date for the deposit or abandonment of the scrolls. I know
that such an argument is not particularly solid, but I need to be
sufficiently in control of the subject to respond on it.


Thanks again to all responders.


Cheers,


Ian