Bits, Bytes, and Binyanim
Bits, Bytes, and Binyanim

Author: Arian J. C. Verheij

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9789042907836

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This study offers a new approach to one of the central elements of Hebrew and Semitic grammar, viz. the binyanim or conjugations. Using various quantitative methods, the book analyzes the complete verbal vocabulary of the Hebrew Bible as contained in the machine-readable text developed at the Werkgroep Informatica (Department of Biblical Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) focusing on morphological characteristics as well as on some basic semantic and syntactic features. It is argued, i.a., that the Qal should be regarded as the default binyan of the Hebrew Bible, and that the Pi` `el acts to some extent as a rival to the Qal. Among the features discussed, it is transitivity which emerges as the most important one. The author (1959) reads theology at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in Old Testament studies and Biblical Hebrew. After his 1990 Leiden PhD on a linguistic comparison of the books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles, he joined the Werkgroep Informatica in 1992.

Verbal Syntax in the Greek Pentateuch
Verbal Syntax in the Greek Pentateuch

Author: Trevor Vivian Evans

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9780198270102

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Addressing the entire Greek Pentateuch, this study of the Greek verb investigates the value of these translations' evidence for the history of the Greek language. The nature and influence from the underlying Hebrew are comprehensively analysed.

Pauline Language and the Pastoral Epistles
Pauline Language and the Pastoral Epistles

Author: Jermo van Nes

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-12-11

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 9004358420

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In Pauline Language and the Pastoral Epistles Jermo van Nes questions the common assumption in New Testament scholarship that language variation is necessarily due to author variation. By using the so-called Pastoral Epistles (PE) as a test-case, Van Nes demonstrates by means of statistical linguistics that only one out of five of their major lexical and syntactic peculiarities differs significantly from other Pauline writings. Most of the PE’s linguistic peculiarities are shown to differ considerably in the Corpus Paulinum, but modern studies in classics and linguistics suggest that factors other than author variation account equally if not better for this variation. Since all of these explanatory factors are compatible with current authorship hypotheses of the PE, Van Nes suggests to no longer use language as a criterion in debates about their authenticity.

Mishnah and Tosefta
Mishnah and Tosefta

Author: Alberdina Houtman

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9783161466380

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Vol. [2], the "appendix volume," contains the synopsis of the texts.

Systematic Theology
Systematic Theology

Author: Wayne A. Grudem

Publisher: Zondervan Academic

Published: 2009-05-18

Total Pages: 1298

ISBN-13: 0310566029

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The Christian church has a long tradition of systematic theology, that is, of studying biblical teaching on centrally important doctrines such as the Word of God, redemption, and Jesus Christ. Wayne Grudem's bestselling Systematic Theology has several distinctive features: A strong emphasis on the scriptural basis for each doctrine Clear writing, with technical terms kept to a minimum A contemporary approach, treating subjects of special interest to the church today A friendly tone, appealing to the emotions and the spirit as well as the intellect Frequent application to life Resources for worship within each chapter Bibliographies in each chapter that cross-reference subjects to a wide range of other systematic theologies.

Turning Points in Religious Studies
Turning Points in Religious Studies

Author: Ursula King

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-10-06

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1474281141

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Religious Studies was first introduced as a new discipline in universities and colleges around the world in the 1960s. This discipline brought about a reorientation of the study of religion, created new perspectives and influenced all sectors of education. The essays presented in this volume provide a clear and comprehensive overview of the history of Religious Studies as an academic discipline, the turning points it faces and the directions it might take in the future. The work is organised in three sections. The first presents a succinct case study of the historical development of Religious Studies in Britain. The second considers the development of Religious Studies throughout the world in its major constituents, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, 'traditional' African religions, Christianity, Islam and new religious movements in Africa, the study of truth and dialogue in religion, science and the rediscovery of religious experience, mysticism. The third section looks to developments in Religious Studies, in particular at religion in relation to the arts, gender, information technology and to Religious Studies in a global perspective.

Classics
Classics

Author: Phyllis Culham

Publisher: University Press of America

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780819174505

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Books like The Closing of the American Mind and debates like the one over the Stanford reading list have called for reconsideration of the role of the Greek and Roman classics in American education. This collection meets that challenge by offering classicists of divergent viewpoints the opportunity to rethink Classics as a discipline. Contents: The State of the Classics; Classics as a Profession; Classics as an Academic Discipline; and The Classics Community.