Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Andrew.Wergeland AT mf.no]

Good Afternoon.

Waltke & O'Connor's:  An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax has a
chapter entitled "History of the Study of Hebrew Grammar" which sounds like
it might be what you are looking for, or at least a start for further study.



Andrew


At 11:23 23.08.02 +0100, you wrote:
>Good Morning.
>
>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?
>
>There seem to be books on the Masoretes, The Grammar
>of Gesenius etc, but I would like to read something
>showing the progression of the system i.e., how Hebrew
>grammar was formed over time.
>
>For instance why were early grammars in Arabic and who
>were the first documented grammarians? When did the
>vowel points start to appear and who was responsible
>for the them?
>
>If you can be of any help I'd be very grateful.
>Many thanks.
>
>Ian.
>
>
>
>
>
>=====
>Ian Goldsmith.
>England.
>
>Dibrah Torah kilshone bnei-adam
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