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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. After almost three centuries of modern study of the Hebrew Bible, it is clear that internal analysis of the text cannot convincingly disclose the periods of composition of the components that were finally redacted into the text that has come down to us. For decades, Biblical Hebrew texts have been roughly divided into three chronological strata based on linguistic criteria - Archaic Biblical Hebrew c. The most important research supporting this structure was done by Avi Hurvitz.
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In the last decade this structure has been attacked by a number of scholars who maintain that the dating of Biblical Hebrew texts on the basis of language is effectively impossible. Vern, bring together the key arguments supporting this view. In my view, the arguments against linguistic dating made in Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts have been successfully refuted by the essays in Diachrony in Biblical Hebrew ed. On the other hand, despite a hyper-critical review by Pat-El and Wilson-Wright Features of Archaic Biblical Hebrew and the Linguistic Dating Debate , it is quite possible that the conclusion of Vern quoted below will be sustained - - No archaic linguistic feature, either singly or in combination across the range of forms, provides evidence relevant for dating the archaic poetry of the Hebrew Bible The presence of archaisms in the Archaicd Biblical Hebrew corpus indicates a poetic style which uses linguistic forms from another period, a common feature of poetry in many cultures.
This does not imply that an individual poem cannot be of late second millennium provenance. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway. Set up a giveaway.
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Only a comprehensive analysis that includes all data available to historical philology has the potential to provide solid results This position will be generally outlined in the irst part of this article I. Judean; royal court vs. At the same time, it is not unusual to see other scholars focusing exclusively on their own exegetical analyses, disregarding established insights into the history of Biblical Hebrew I fear that all such approaches, relying exclusively on a preferred profession, will prove shortsighted 2.
There would of course be many arguments against such a proposal, but they would have to be rooted in general historical and exegetical assumptions In short, linguistic reasoning cannot escape the hermeneutical circle that characterizes every interpretive effort The critical impact of this insight for the whole discussion becomes even clearer when we consider the rather generalized dating of books or canonical units preferred in linguistic studies.
Brill, , 70 and passim.
In the present context, I will conine myself to the latter, discussing a few examples based on classical studies by A Hurvitz His extensive investigation of the language of Ezekiel, in particular, represents a major contribution to the debate on the date of P.
What would be the conse- quences if major parts of the book are pseudepigraphic? Gabalda, , , n.
Driver, and others , n. Although Hurvitz relies mainly on late- or postexilic texts, like Deut Ariel; Qedem 41; Jerusalem: Mosad Bialik, , 41— See also the examples listed in I. An Introduction to Approaches and Problems London: Equinox, , —, with alleged LBH features in the Arad Ostraca Whereas the instances of weqatal can be explained according to the standard verbal system, at least items 6.
At any rate, the examples should be taken as a warning concerning the reliability of linguistic judgments, even in cases with apparently full and deci- sive evidence. Hurvitz in several publications: Oslo, ed A Lemaire and M.
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Brill, , —, here —, Carr, The Formation of the Hebrew Bible: A New Reconstruction New York: On the one hand, any text-critical judgment appears to be problematic without support from textual witnesses On the other hand, testimony of textual variants in the received manuscripts remains more or less accidental Nevertheless, the question remains serious if certain phenomena do reveal the linguistic proile of a speciic literary unit or, rather, the textual nature of the received manuscript tradition — the great Isaiah scroll 1QIsaa probably being the most telling evidence for what might be conceivable in this respect 23 Unfortunately, the textual testimony is not the only matter of complexity regarding the evidence and the unpredictable absence of evidence that one faces in this context and that cannot be solved systematically Two further lines of reasoning should at least be mentioned, for they are quite widespread in the exegetical realm.
Scholars Press, , 63, with n. Neukirchener Verlag, , , n to v 9b hurviTz, Linguistic Study see n 10 , 49, n 72, refers inter alia to Zimmerli Nevertheless, he argues for counting the MT reading in Magnes Press, Hebrew , has shown that the scroll does witness many textual changes in terms of orthogra- phy, morphology, lexicon, etc. For this context, it should sufice to note the fact that Aramaic and Hebrew stood in close contact at least from the ninth century BCE onward, with Aramaic being for the most part the dominant language Thus Aramaic loanwords and calques would be expected in preexilic Hebrew, especially in the northern Israelite dialect.
Judging in terms of statistics, such a procedure is insigniicant. Taken together, these deliberations strengthen the doubt whether linguistic data alone can prove the lateness of a speciic biblical text decisively 2.
Brill, , Concerning the identiication of the language, see E. In fact, that is what proponents of this approach in the ield of Hebrew linguistics do assert The problem of such an allegation, however, lies in its a priori nature, for no one will ever be able to prove or to disprove such a general statement.
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Three possible factors should be considered: Eisenbrauns, , —, presents quite a lot of material, especially concerning the lexicon He reaches the following conclusion: Cambridge University Press, , —, here Joosten or instead toward the end of the sixth century BCE A. The irst position seems to me dificult to maintain. I do not see any historical probability that the language of the Judeans should have undergone fundamental changes one or two generations after the fall of Jerusalem Moreover, why should one presume that Judean scribes, be they priests or laymen, would unconsciously?
What would be the indications of this in Deuteronomistic prose35 or even in the proph- ecies of Haggai36 and Proto-Zechariah? Carr, Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature New York: A much-quoted assertion in his introduction to the Hebrew Bible says: This appears with especial clearness from Zech. Scholars Press, , 85— Let us begin with the ine analysis of Gen 24 by A. On the other hand, he attempts to explain them as deliberate stylistic devices: Geburtstag ed E Blum et al.