25 January 2012
E-BOOK
Biblical
Hebrew Poetry
and Word
Play
Reconstructing
the Original Oral[1],
Aural[2]
and Visual Experience
By
David Steinberg
David.Steinberg@houseofdavid.ca
Home page http://www.houseofdavid.ca/
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רבי
טרפון ... היה
אומרת "לא
עליך המלאכה
לגמור ולא
אתה בן חורין להבטל
ממנה." Rabbi Tarfon … used to say “You are
not required to complete the work but you are not free to desist from it.” Avot 2:21 |
Companion E-book -
History of the Ancient and Modern Hebrew
Language
TERMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND LINGUISTIC SYMBOLS
I The Purpose of this Web Page
Box 4 - The Three Orthographic Elements in the Masoretic
Text
1. Biblical
Skeleton, Changing Script and Orthography, Medieval Vowel Signs, Modern
Pronunciation
Table 1 - Changes in the Noun from PH to TH - General
Case
Table 2 -
Changes in the Noun from PH to TH - Possible Special Cases
Table 3 - Change in Case Ending Vowel (ms. noun) with Attached Pronominal Suffix
Table
4 - Phase 3
*EBHP (*/EBHP/+ *[EBHP]) Imperfect, Jussive and Preterite
Table 5 - Phase 4 *LBHP (*/LBHP/
*[LBHP]) Imperfect, Jussive and Preterite
Table 6 - End of Phase 6 TH
(/TH/+ *[TH])
Imperfect, Jussive and Preterite
III The Issue – The Oral-Aural Nature of Biblical Hebrew Poetry, and Some Kinds of Wordplay, Require the Closest Approximation to their Original Pronunciation for the Fullest Possible Appreciation and there are Practical Criteria for Reestablishing a Good Approximation of the Pre-Exilic Pronunciation
1. The Importance of Reconstructed EBHP
Box 5 - The Importance of Using Reconstructed EBHP/LBHP for the Appreciation of BH Poetry
2. The Basis for the Reconstruction of an Approximation to EBHP
Box 6 - Indirect Sources of
Information Regarding the Pronunciation of BH
IV The Impact –Wordplay and Reconstructed EBHP
V Problems in Reconstruction of EBHP
Problem 1 – Where was the Stress Placed in Biblical
Hebrew Words in EBHP?
EBHP and Tiberian Three Way
Consonantal Opposition Reduced to Modern Two Way Opposition
Table 9 - Ambiguity of Pre-exilic
(JEH) Orthography
Table -
Matres Lectionis in
JEH
Table A - Potential
for the Confusion of Letters In Hebrew Bible Text Transmission
Table B – Confusion of Letters in
Paleo-Hebrew and Aramaic-Jewish Scripts
תֵּיקוּ
- Questions that Cannot
be resolved at Present
Pronunciation of Numerals in EBHP
1. Aims in Reconstructing EBHP
Box
9 - Can Biblical Texts be
Linguistically Dated?
2. Changes
in the Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew Between EBHP and that
Recorded in the Tiberian Masoretic Tradition
(early 10th century CE)
Box 10 - Justification of
Proposals for EBHP
3. Guidelines I Have Used in Reconstructing EBHP
4. Examples of the Reconstructed EBHP Vocalization of Biblical Hebrew Texts
a.
Archaic or Archaizing Poetic Texts
i) Blessing of Jacob (Genesis
49:1-27)
ii) Song of the Sea (Exodus 15:1b-18)
iii) The Oracles of Balaam (poetic
portions of Numbers 23:7-24:24)
iv)
Ha’azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-43)
v) Blessing of Moses (Deuteronomy
33)
vi) Song of Deborah (Judges 5)
i)
II
Samuel
Chapt. 22 (Second version Psalm 18)
ii)
Psalm
23
iii)
Psalm
114
iv)
Psalm
121
v)
Psalm
122
vi)
Psalm
130
d.
Lamentations
i)
Lament
of David
(II Samuel 1:19-27)
ii)
Lamentations
3:1-15 ("Qinah meter")
e.
Poetry of Song of Songs - Song 2:1-17
(as generally in the Song, mainly in "Qinah meter")
f.
Poetry of Job - Job 3:3-10
i) Jer. 1: 11-12; Jer. 1: 18-19; Jer. 19:14-15; Zeph. 3:1-2; Deut 15:1,4
ii) Amos
3:3-6; 3:8; 5:5-7; 5:10-12; 5:16b-17; 6:12;
8:7-10; 9:5-6; 9:13
h.
Prose Texts
ii) Genesis 4:1-3; Genesis 13:4-14;
Joshua 7:1-3
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