Qumran Hebrew
Subtitle: an overview of orthography, phonology, and morphology
By: Eric D. Reymond
Series: Resources for biblical study -- number 76; Resources for biblical study -- no. 76.
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781589839335; 9781589839311; 9781589839328
Subjects: Qumrantexte; Hebreiska språket; Dead sea scrolls; Hebrew language; Dödahavsrullarna; Hebräisch; Phonology; Formlära (språkvetenskap); 18.76 old Hebrew language and/or literature; Dead Sea scrolls; Biblical Hebrew; Morphology; Ortografi; Orthography and spelling; Fonologi
Description: This book explores salient topics in Hebrew orthography, phonology, and morphology from the Dead Sea Scrolls. The book, helpfully divided into short sections that treat specific linguistic phenomena, presents a synopsis of previous research and critiques this research by, among other things, considering evidence from recently published scrolls. Reymond argues that several grammatical matters distinguish his study from previous studies of Hebrew in the Dead Sea Scrolls. First, he emphasizes problems posed by scribal errors and highlights some of the more obvious examples of these. He also argues that gutteral letters had not all "weakened" to the point of not being pronounced and/or being confused with each other, as some have implied. Rather, the guttural letters each show a distinct distribution, suggesting that they were "weak" in specific linguistic environments and in specific texts and/or dialects. Lastly, Reymond shows that certain phonetic shifts (such as the shift of yodh> aleph and the opposite shift of aleph> yodh) occur in discernible linguistic contexts that suggest this was a real phonetic phenomenon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-256) and indexes.

Text in English and in Hebrew.