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Focus Construction with Kî ʾim in Biblical Hebrew

Focus Construction with Kî ʾim in Biblical Hebrew - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Grace J. ParkSeries:Linguistic Studies in Ancient West SemiticPublish date:2023-11-07Pages:300
Language:EnglishPublisher:EisenbraunsISBN-13:9781646022465ISBN-10:1646022467UPC:9781646022465Book Category:Foreign Language Study, Religion, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Hebrew, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation, LinguisticsBook Topic:Old Testament, SyntaxSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCQ8NZWZ1W

This study uses modern linguistic theory to analyze a frequently recurring syntactic phenomenon in the Hebrew Bible that has thus far resisted explanation: כי אם.

The combination of the two particles כי and אם produces a construction that is notoriously difficult to describe, analyze syntactically, and translate. Dictionaries of Biblical Hebrew offer a dizzying variety of translations for this construction, including "that if," "except," "unless," "but," "but only," and "surely," among other possibilities. In this book, Grace J. Park provides a new approach that strives for greater precision and consistency in translation. Park argues that כי אם is used in three patterns: the "full focus" pattern, the "reduced focus" pattern, and the less common "non-focus" pattern. Her syntactic analysis of all 156 occurrences of the כי אם construction in the Bible lends greater clarity to the contested passages.

Drawing on recent linguistic research into the typology of clausal nominalization as well as previous work on contrastive focus, this innovative project provides important new insight into the syntax of Biblical Hebrew. It will be especially valuable for scholars seeking to translate כי אם more consistently and accurately.

Language:EnglishPublisher:EisenbraunsISBN-13:9781646022465ISBN-10:1646022467UPC:9781646022465Book Category:Foreign Language Study, Religion, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Hebrew, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation, LinguisticsBook Topic:Old Testament, SyntaxSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCQ8NZWZ1W

Grace J. Park is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Freie Universität Berlin.


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