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iv CONTENTS Abstract List of Illustrations List of Tables List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Introduction PART I:

Theoretical Background Chapter 2 Historical Overview

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Historical Overview of Descriptive Linguistics

2.3 Historical Overview of the Study of Biblical Hebrew

Chapter 3 Survey of Scholarship on

3.1 Introduction

3.2 The Analysis of

in the Traditional Approach

3.2.1 Gesenius, Hebrew Grammar, 1813

3.2.2 Müller, Outlines of Hebrew Syntax, 1883

3.2.3 Harper, Elements of Hebrew Syntax, 1892

3.2.4 Weingreen, A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew, 1939

3.2.5 Joüon-Muraoka, A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, 1991

3.2.6 Analytical Summary of the Traditional Approach

3.3 The Analysis of

in the Descriptive Approach

3.3.1 Lambdin, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, 1971

3.3.2 Andersen, The Sentence in Biblical Hebrew, 1974

3.3.3 Waltke and O’Connor, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, 1990 3.3.4 Kelley, Biblical Hebrew: An Introductory Grammar, 1992 3.3.5 Seow, A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew, 1995 3.3.6 Chisholm, From Exegesis to Exposition, 1998 3.3.7 Schertz and Yoder, Seeing the Text: Exegesis for Students of Greek and Hebrew, 2001

3.3.8 Ross, Introducing Biblical Hebrew, 2001

3.3.9 Pratico and Van Pelt, Basics of Biblical Hebrew, 2001

3.3.10 Analytical Summary of the Descriptive Approach

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3.4 The Analysis of

in the Textlinguistic Approach

3.4.1 Preliminary Comments

3.4.2 Schneider, Grammatik des biblischen Hebräisch, 1974

3.4.3 Richter, Grundlagen einer althebräischen Grammatik, 1980

3.4.4 Bartelmus, HYH. Bedeutung und Funktion eines hebräischen

»Allerweltswortes«, 1982 3.4.5 Longacre, Joseph: A Story of Divine Providence: A Text Theoretical and Textlinguistic Analysis of Genesis 37 and 39-48, 1989

3.4.6 Niccacci, The Syntax of the Verb in Classical Hebrew Prose, 1990

3.4.7 Eskhult, Studies in Verbal Aspect and Narrative Technique in Biblical Hebrew Prose, 1990 3.4.8 Talstra, “A Hierarchy of Clauses in Biblical Hebrew Narrative” 3.4.9 Winther-Nielsen, A Functional Discourse Grammar of Joshua. A Computer-assisted Rhetorical Structure Analysis, 1995

3.4.10 Exter Blokland, In Search of Text Syntax, 1995

3.4.11 Endo, The Verbal System of Classical Hebrew in the Joseph Story:

An Approach from Discourse Analysis, 1996 3.4.12 Hatav, The Semantics of Aspect and Modality, 1997 3.4.13 Van der Merwe et al, A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar, 1999 3.4.14 Rocine, Learning Biblical Hebrew: A New Approach Using Discourse Analysis, 2000

3.4.15 Analytical Summary of the Textlinguistic Approach

Chapter 4 The Need for Further Study of