Loading…

Basics of Hebrew Discourse: A Guide to Working with Biblical Hebrew Prose and Poetry is unavailable, but you can change that!

Basics of Hebrew Discourse: A Guide to Working with Hebrew Prose and Poetry by Matthew H. Patton, Frederic Clarke Putnam, and Miles V. Van Pelt is a syntax resource for intermediate Hebrew students. This Basics book introduces students to the principles and exegetical benefits of discourse analysis (text linguistics) when applied to biblical Hebrew prose and poetry. Where standard Hebrew...

In addition to discourse markers and verbal sequences, the word order of a given clause can mark discourse relationships. For the purpose of discourse analysis, the one word order situation that is most important is called preposing.1 Preposing is when “a subject, object, or adverbial is placed before the verb.”2 This situation is prevalent in both narrative and non-narrative,
Page 88
Buy this book at Logos.com