Diachronic Diversity in Classical Biblical Hebrew

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dc.contributor.authorHornkohl, Aaron D.
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-07T04:46:24Z
dc.date.available2024-12-07T04:46:24Z
dc.date.issued2024-11-11
dc.date.updated2024-12-07T04:46:19Z
dc.descriptionPublication status: ACTIVE
dc.description.abstractAccording to the standard periodisation of ancient Hebrew, the division of Biblical Hebrew as reflected in the Masoretic tradition is basically dichotomous: pre-exilic Classical Biblical Hebrew (CBH) versus post-Restoration Late Biblical Hebrew (LBH). Within this paradigm, the chronolectal unity of CBH is rarely questioned—this despite the reasonable expectation that the language of a corpus encompassing traditions of various ages and comprising works composed, edited, and transmitted over the course of centuries would show signs of diachronic development. From the perspective of historical evolution, CBH is remarkably homogenous. Within this apparent uniformity, however, there are indeed signs of historical development, sets of alternant features whose respective concentrations seem to divide CBH into two sub-chronolects. The most conspicuous typological division that emerges is between the CBH of the Pentateuch and that of the relevant Prophets and Writings. The present volume investigates a series of features that distinguish the two ostensible CBH sub-chronolects, weighs alternative explanations for distribution patterns that appear to have chronological significance, and considers broader implications for Hebrew diachrony and periodisation and for the composition of the Torah.
dc.description.versionVoR
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0433
dc.identifier.isbn9781805114352
dc.identifier.isbn9781805114369
dc.identifier.isbn9781805114376
dc.identifier.othercdb4338a-df04-425e-a17b-d383d96f2cb3
dc.identifier.urihttps://thoth-arch.lib.cam.ac.uk/handle/1811/827
dc.languageENG
dc.publisherOpen Book Publishers
dc.rightsEmbargo: none
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectLAN009010
dc.subjectREL006090
dc.subjectREL006210
dc.subjectREL006630
dc.subject2CSJ
dc.subjectCFF
dc.subjectQRMF12
dc.subjectPJ4527
dc.subjectCambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures
dc.subjectLinguistics
dc.subjectClassical Biblical Hebrew
dc.subjectDiachronic linguistics
dc.subjectHistorical Hebrew language
dc.subjectLanguage evolution
dc.subjectTextual analysis
dc.titleDiachronic Diversity in Classical Biblical Hebrew
dc.typehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2f33
organization.legalNameUniversity of Cambridge

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