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  • From: "David Kummerow" <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] RE: Participant Reference
  • Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 10:43:50 +1000


Hi,

Lenart de Regt has written on the subject of participant reference in BH:

"Participant Reference in Some Biblical Hebrew Texts." Jaabericht "Ex Oriente Lux" 32 (1991-92): 150-172.

Participants in Old Testament Texts and the Translator: Reference Devices and their Rhetorical Impact. Studia Semitical Neerlandica 39. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1999.

"The Order of Participants in Compound Clausal Elements in the Pentateuch and Earlier Prophets: Syntax, Convention or Rhetoric?" In L.J. de Regt, J. de Waard, and J.P. Fokkelman (eds.), Literary Structure and Rhetorical Strategies in the Hebrew Bible. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1996.


See also E.J. Revell's book: The Designation of the Individual: Expressive Usage in Biblical Narrative. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology 14. Kampen: Kok Pharos, 1996.

Regards,

David Kummerow.

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Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:54:23 -0700
From: "C. Stirling Bartholomew" <jacksonpollock AT earthlink.net>
Subject: [b-hebrew] Participant Reference
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I have been looking into the subject of Participant Reference in narrative
and wondering how the distinction between a new participant and an already
active participant is encoded in biblical Hebrew.

Beyond the obvious use of an anaphoric pronominal, what are the discourse
mechanisms used to indicate that a participant has already been activated?
In other words, when Abraham is mentioned by name the second or third or nth
time in a narrative, how does it differ from Abraham's initial introduction?

greetings,
Clay Bartholomew

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