The Fundamentals of Hebrew Accents: Divisions and Exegetical Roles beyond Syntax

by Sung Jin Park

Overview

This book is designed to serve as a textbook for intermediate Hebrew students and above. Sung Jin Park presents the fundamental features of the Tiberian Hebrew accents, focusing on their divisions and exegetical roles. Providing innovative methods for diagramming biblical texts, the volume explores the two major rules (hierarchy and dichotomy) of disjunctive accents. Students will also attain biblical insights from the exegetical application of the biblical texts that Hebrew syntax alone does not provide. Park's volume shows how the new perspectives on Hebrew accents enhance our understanding of biblical texts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108790987
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/16/2020
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

Sung Jin Park (Ph.D. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion) is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Dean of Asian Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City. He is the author of Typology in Biblical Hebrew Meter: A Generative Metrical Approach (2017) and numerous academic articles.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Tiberian Hebrew accents; 2. Major rules of Hebrew accents; 3. Substitutions of disjunctive accents (I); 4. Substitutions of disjunctive accents (II); 5. Conjunctive Accents; 6. Minor rules of Hebrew accents; 7. The divisions by Hebrew Accents; 8. The exegetical roles of the divisions.

Editorial Reviews

‘All students of Biblical Hebrew will benefit from a better grasp of the Hebrew accents, and Park deserves thanks for providing a helpful tool to that end. Instructors should seriously consider requiring this book in intermediate to advanced courses.' Douglas Smith, Journal of Language, Culture, and Religion

‘This book provides a useful introduction to a neglected topic … this resource will help students of the Hebrew text gain an appreciation for the Tiberian accentual system.’ Mark D. Futato, Zondervan Academic

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