Pub Date : 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2023.a912664
Andrew W. Litke
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Pub Date : 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2023.a912654
Vladimir Olivero
Abstract:In this study I discuss the meaning of the preposition בֵּין from a diachronic perspective. While in Classical Biblical Hebrew (CBH) the preposition always means 'between' (with a single possible exception), from the time of the exile onwards it also takes on the meaning of 'among', probably under the influence of Aramaic and because of the disappearance of the composite preposition בְּקֶרֶב, which led to the reconfiguration of the use of prepositions such as בֵּין and בְּתוֹךְ. Both meanings ‘between’ and ‘among’ for the preposition בֵּין are known and reported in various lexica and reference grammars, yet they have never been considered and explained from a diachronic standpoint.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2023.a912655
Idit Einat-Nov
Abstract:In his analysis of the forty-eighth gate in Yehuda Al-Ḥarizi's Sefer Taḥkemoni, David Simha Segal argued that this story "leaves open the possibility of multiple and even contradictory readings" (The Book of Taḥkemoni – Jewish Tales from Medieval Spain, 2001, p. 622) and proposed alternative interpretations of the story. Segal's argument regarding the nature of this story is in line with my basic assumption that at the core of some of the most fascinating rhymed Hebrew stories from the Middle Ages – in Al-Ḥarizi's Taḥkemoni, but also in the work of his predecessors, Shlomo Ibn Ṣaqbel and Yosef Ibn Zabara – lies uncertainty as a poetic principle. From this perspective, while addressing Segal's interpretation, in this article I propose additional interpretive insights.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2023.a912665
Paul B. Overland
A narrative backdrop may help to measure the significance of A Handbook of Second Language Acquisition for Biblical Studies by Jennifer Noonan (hereafter A Handbook ; to fast-forward to the review-proper, see fifth paragraph, below). For my part
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Pub Date : 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2023.a912657
Shmuel Bolozky
Abstract:In the casual speech register, speakers naturally tend to facilitate ease of articulation, usually through processes of assimilation, reduction and elision, occasionally by insertion of certain vowels or consonantal glides. Such processes of assimilation, reduction or elision usually affect elements perceived to be weak, or minimal, and whose presence is not truly required (phonetically, or semantically), or that are easily recoverable from the context. There are, however, constraints on ease of articulation processes, preventing them from violating certain phonetic restrictions. There are also independent considerations that prevent reduction, elision or assimilation if they may affect significant semantic distinctions that are too essential to ignore. Thus, for instance, there exists a preference for secondary stress assignment resulting in alternating rhythm of stressed and unstressed syllables in connected Hebrew speech; the configuration realigns itself in cases of vowel deletion, or when a "minimal" vowel is inserted to prevent sonority-hierarchy violations, or when a "stress clash" arises, and one of the syllables may need to be destressed to accommodate the alternating stress rhythm. However, another constraint assures that no destressing of the main stress of regular lexical items occur if the word concerned cannot easily be reconstructed from the context. Furthermore, no shifting is allowed in the placement of the main lexical stress, unless it is a function word or a very frequent, easily identified lexical item. A few phonetic constraints will be discussed in some detail, as well as semantic ones reassuring that the processing of meaning will not be negatively affected by phonetic "ease-of-articulation" processes.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2023.a912656
Yehonatan Wormser
Abstract:The study of Hebrew grammar by medieval Jewish scholars concentrates on phonological and morphological issues with much lower attention paid to Hebrew syntax. While the majority of medieval Hebrew grammars only contain scattered incidental remarks on topics related to the latter, some discuss syntactical themes at greater length. This paper examines the work of the four medieval grammarians who probably paid the most attention to Hebrew syntax – Abū Alfaraj Hārūn, Yonah ibn Janāḥ, Profiat Duran, and Abraham Debalmes. Surveying the relevant passages, it explores the primary issues they address and the insights they offer, hereby revealing with the nature and scope of medieval Jewish engagement with Hebrew syntax.
摘要：中世纪犹太学者对希伯来语语法的研究主要集中在语音和形态问题上，对希伯来语句法的关注要少得多。虽然大多数中世纪希伯来语语法只包含与后者相关的零星附带论述，但也有一些语法主题的讨论篇幅较长。本文研究了可能最关注希伯来语句法的四位中世纪语法学家--阿布-阿尔法拉吉-哈伦（Abū Alfaraj Hārūn）、约纳-伊本-雅纳赫（Yonah ibn Janāḥ）、普罗菲亚特-杜兰（Profiat Duran）和亚伯拉罕-德巴尔梅斯（Abraham Debalmes）的作品。该书概述了相关段落，探讨了这些段落所涉及的主要问题及其提供的见解，从而揭示了中世纪犹太人对希伯来语句法的参与的性质和范围。
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Abstract:In the humanities literature concerning research questions, little attention is paid to methodological issues. This paper seeks to help fill that gap by presenting a case study: the problems that arose when working on the estate of Josef Mundi, which we received in 2016. We had to make numerous decisions regarding, among other things, chronological, chronotropic, textual, and biographical issues. The plays had to be dated and arranged in chronological order, the parent text among the various versions of the same play had to be determined, and Mundi's artistic development in terms of movements, genres, and themes had to be traced.Some of the problems we encountered, and the solutions we found, are illustrated here by three plays from different periods: "The Razor" from 1977, "The Messiah: The Rise and Fall of Shabbetai Zvi" (1982), and "Peep Show," which was never published or staged.
摘要:在涉及研究问题的人文文献中，很少关注方法论问题。本文试图通过一个案例研究来填补这一空白:我们在2016年接手的约瑟夫·芒迪庄园(Josef Mundi)工作中出现的问题。我们必须做出许多决定，其中包括时间顺序、时间变化、文本和传记问题。这些戏剧必须按照时间顺序进行日期和排列，必须确定同一部戏剧的不同版本中的原始文本，并且必须追踪Mundi在动作，流派和主题方面的艺术发展。我们遇到的一些问题，以及我们找到的解决办法，在这里用三个不同时期的戏剧来说明:1977年的《剃刀》(the Razor)、1982年的《弥赛亚:沙巴泰兹维的兴衰》(the Messiah: the Rise and Fall of Shabbetai Zvi)和从未出版或上演过的《窥视秀》(Peep Show)。
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