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  • From: "Maurice A. O'Sullivan" <mauros AT iol.ie>
  • To: Ian Goldsmith <iangoldsmith1969 AT yahoo.co.uk>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: History of Hebrew Grammar.
  • Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:40:43 +0100


At 11:23 23/08/02, Ian Goldsmith wrote:

Would anyone you be able to recommend a book, paper or
online source that gives a good history of the
grammatical system that we use today?

I would suggest:
Chomsky, William. Hebrew: The Eternal Language. Philadelphia: J.P.S, 1957

My own copy is a 1988 reprint, but you might e-mail the Jewish Publication Society
in Philadelphia: jewishbook AT jewishpub.org
for an update.

When did the vowel points start to appear and who was responsible
for the them?

This was the work of the Masoretes.
The "classic" text is:
Yeivin, Israel. Introduction to the Tiberian Masorah. Trans. and edited by E.J. Revell Masoretic Studies, 5.. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1980.

This is fairly technical, and you might prefer to start with:
Kelley, Page H., and Daneil S. Mynatt, eds. The Masorah of B.H.S. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.
which I have seen favourably reviewed.

For the more specialised forms of Hebrew:

Rendsburg, Gary A. "The Galilean Background of Mishnaic Hebrew." Chap. in The Galilee in Late Antiquity. Cambridge, Mass: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1992.

Quimron, Elisha. The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Harvard Semitic Series # 29. Cross, Frank Moore. Atlanta: Scholars Press.




Hope this is of help.

Maurice

P.S
I've just noticed you have your ISP is in the U.K
From previous dealings with the JPS, I know that they sell in this part of the world through a U.K outlet:
>> distribution company, Orca Booksellers. Their telephone number is 01202 665 432. <<

Maurice A. O'Sullivan
mauros AT iol.ie

"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it: This is knowledge."
Confucius






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