10. Babylonian Tradition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Part I Phases of Biblical Hebrew
5. 1. Standard/Classical Biblical Hebrew 1
6. 2. Archaic Biblical Hebrew 19
7. 3. Transitional Biblical Hebrew 31
8. 4. Late Biblical Hebrew 43
9. Part II Contemporary Hebrew Attestations
10. 5. Epigraphic Hebrew 55
11. 6. Ben Sira 69
12. 7. The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls 83
13. Part III Ancient and Medieval Reading Traditions
14. 8. Hebrew in Greek and Latin Transcriptions 99
15. 9. Samaritan Tradition 117
16. 10. Babylonian Tradition 133
17. 11. Karaite Transcriptions of Biblical Hebrew 147
18. 12. Palestinian Tradition 161
19. 13. Tiberian-Palestinian Tradition 175
20. Part IV Essays
21. 14. The Tiberian Tradition of Reading the Bible and the Masoretic System 187
22. 15. The Contribution of Tannaitic Hebrew to Understanding Biblical Hebrew 203
23. 16. Modern Reading Traditions of Biblical Hebrew 215