Early and Late Biblical Hebrew: About Chronological Interpretation 
of Linguistic Differences in the Hebrew Bible Cover Image

Wczesny i późny biblijny język hebrajski: o możliwościach chronologicznego wyjaśniania różnic językowych w Biblii Hebrajskiej
Early and Late Biblical Hebrew: About Chronological Interpretation of Linguistic Differences in the Hebrew Bible

Author(s): Jakub Slawik
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Biblical studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe ChAT
Keywords: Biblical Hebrew; Early (Classical/Standard) Biblical Hebrew and Late Biblical Hebrew; periodization of language; textual criticism; literary criticism; dating of the Hebrew Bible texts; historical soc

Summary/Abstract: The contribution shows a dispute over periodization of Biblical Hebrew. A strong conviction of development from Early/Classical/Standard Biblical Hebrew to Late Biblical Hebrew still dominates in spite of problems, which were presented in many studies. Difficulties of the conventional periodization derive from source conditions: priority of the medieval MT, which calls for textual and literary criticism, questionable dating of biblical books and texts. In the last decades there were presented important studies in historical linguistics of Biblical Hebrew (variationist analysis) but there is still a need for collaboration between biblical studies (literary and textual criticism) and historical linguistics. For now the linguistic dating of biblical writings seems to be very doubtful.

  • Issue Year: 58/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 497-522
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish