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Hebrew of the Late Second Temple Period

Proceedings of a Sixth International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Ben Sira
  • Edited by: Eibert J.C. Tigchelaar and Pierre van Hecke
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2015
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The Hebrew of the Late Second Temple Period is directly attested in the Scrolls from Qumran and other manuscripts discovered in the Judaean Desert. Indirectly, it is also found in some manuscripts copied in later times, which still preserve linguistic elements of the Hebrew from the period in which the texts were authored. Often referred to as the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls or Qumran Hebrew, and positioned chronologically between Biblical Hebrew and Mishnaic Hebrew, its nature remains disputed. Some essays in this volume deal with linguistic and philological problems of this Late Second Temple Period Hebrew. Other papers discuss the nature and linguistic profile of the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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Eibert Tigchelaar, Ph.D. 1994 Groningen, is Professor of Biblical Studies at the K.U. Leuven. He has published extensively on the Dead Sea Scrolls, is the editor of the Journal for the Study of Judaism, and co-editor of The Dead Sea Scrolls Study Edition (Brill).

Pierre Van Hecke, Ph.D. (2000) in Oriental Studies, K.U.Leuven, Belgium and Ph.D. (2006) in Theology, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, is Professor of Languages and Cultures of Syria-Palestine, and of Hebrew Bible at K.U.Leuven. He has published on biblical metaphor, on Hebrew linguistics and on the book of Job.

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9789004299313
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