Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Ken Penner" <pennerkm AT mcmaster.ca>]

> - linguistic theory, especially if illustrated with examples from  
> biblical Hebrew, but not necessarily so
> 
> - discourse analysis

Classics include:
Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew. Edited by Walter R. Bodine. Winona Lake, 
Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 1992.
Longacre, Robert. The Grammar of Discourse. 2nd ed. New York: Plenum, 1996.
Also:
Hebrew and Discourse Linguistics (ed. R. Bergen; Dallas: SIL, 1994).

> - historical changes in the Hebrew language, especially as it bears  
> on dating biblical texts by linguistic analysis

Classics include:
A. Kropat, Die Syntax des Autors der Chronik verglichen mit der seiner 
Quellen (Geißen: Alfred Töpelmann, 1909);
R. Polzin, Late Biblical Hebrew (Missoula: Scholars, 1976); 
A. Hurvitz, בין לשון ללשון The Transition Period in Biblical Hebrew 
(Jerusalem: Bialik, 1972).
I recommend:
Biblical Hebrew: Studies in Chronology and Typology (ed. I. Young; London: 
T&T Clark, 2003).

> - paleography and the history of Hebrew letter forms

Yardeni, Ada. The Book of Hebrew Script: History, Palaeography, Script 
Styles, Calligraphy, and Design. Jerusalem: Carta, 1997.

> - Zwingli 

Can't help you there! <grin>