The early Karaite tradition of Hebrew grammatical thought : including a critical edition, translation and analysis of the Diqduq of ʾAbū Yaʻqūb Yūsuf ibn Nūḥ on the Hagiographa / by Geoffrey Khan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khan, Geoffrey.

Series:

Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics ; 32.

Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, 0081-8461 ; vol. 32

Language:

English

Judeo-Arabic

Subjects (All):

Joseph ben Noah, active 10th century-11th century. Diḳduḳ.

Joseph ben Noah.

Bible. Hagiographa.

Hebrew language--Grammar.

Hebrew language.

Hebrew language--Foreign elements--Arabic.

Bible. Hagiographa--Language, style.

Bible.

Karaites.

Physical Description:

ix, 581 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2000.

Summary:

A large section from a hitherto unknown Hebrew grammatical text, written in the tenth century by the Karaite scholar 'Ab? Ya'q?b Y?suf ibn N?h? of Jerusalem, is analysed in detail. The volume includes an annotated English translation.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Phonology 26

1.1. Consonants 26

1.2. Vowels 28

1.3. Shewa 31

1.4. Hateph vowel signs 32

1.5. Accents 33

1.6. Ga'ya 35

1.7. Maqqeph 36

1.8. Dagesh and raphe 37

Chapter 2 Morphology 39

2.1. Morphological bases 39

2.1.1. Bases of verbal forms 41

2.1.1.1. Imperative base of verbs 41

2.1.1.2. Phonetic processes 45

2.1.1.3. Inflection of one type of base transferred to another 52

2.1.1.4. Pausal forms 53

2.1.1.5. Primary and secondary imperatives 53

2.1.1.6. Noun base of verbs 56

2.1.1.7. Infinitive base of verbs 58

2.1.1.8. Sign ('alama) of the feminine 59

2.1.1.9. Alternative bases of verbs 60

2.1.2. Bases of noun forms 63

2.1.2.1. Noun base 63

2.1.2.1.1 Derivation of plural forms 64

2.1.2.1.2 Base of feminine singular forms 66

2.1.2.1.3 Variant forms of noun 67

2.1.2.1.4 Construct from acting as base 67

2.1.2.1.5 Pausal forms 68

2.1.2.2. Imperative base 68

2.1.2.3. Past verb base 70

2.1.2.4. Base of nouns with pronominal suffixes 70

2.1.2.5. Phonetic processes 70

2.1.2.6. Alternative opinions 72

2.1.2.7. Signs ('alamat) of the plural 73

2.1.3. Bases of prepositions and particles 74

2.2. Jawhar ('substance') of a word 74

2.3. Lugha 78

2.4. Wazn ('pattern') 82

2.5. Summary of theory of word structure and derivational morphology 86

2.6. Pronouns 87

2.6.1. Variant forms of pronominal suffixes 87

2.6.2. Problems of interpretation of reference 88

2.7. Aramaic and Arabic elements in Hebrew 89

2.8. The Aramaic of Daniel and Ezra 89

Chapter 3 Syntax and Semantics 91

3.1. 'Past' and 'future' forms of verb 91

3.2. Infinitives 93

3.3. Nouns 94

3.3.1. Definition of nouns 94

3.3.2. Semantic classification of nouns 94

3.3.3. Agent (ism al-fa'il) and patient (ism al-maf'ul) 98

3.4. Definite and indefinite 101

3.5. Gender 103

3.6. Intransitive and transitive verbs 108

3.7. The contextual status of words 112

3.7.1. Disjoined (mukrat) and conjoined (mudaf) 112

3.7.2. Continuing (holek) 115

3.7.3. Interpretation of disjoining and conjoining 116

3.8. The particle waw 127

3.9. The elision of words 128

Chapter 4 Translation and Exegesis 132

4.1. Tafsir ('literal interpretation') 132

4.2. Ma'na ('meaning'), murad ('intention') and majaz ('metaphor') 134

4.3. Elements of interpretation from the Rabbinic tradition 136

4.4. The use of Arabic for the interpretation of the meaning of words 139

4.5. The Diqduq and the Karaite tradition of interpretation 139

Chapter 5 Knowledge of the Diqduq of Yusuf Ibn Nuh in Later Generations 141

6.1. Hebrew and Aramaic terms 146

6.2. Arabic terms 147

Chapter 7 Manuscripts 151

7.1. Base manuscripts 151

7.1.1. Manuscript A 151

7.1.2. Manuscript B 152

7.2. Other manuscripts 154

7.3. Manuscripts containing shortened versions of the text 155

7.4. Method of editing 156

7.5. The language of the Diqduq 156

The Diqduq of Yusuf Ibn Nuh on the Hagiographa 159

Chronicles 160

Psalms 206

Job 358

Proverbs 418

Ruth 448

Song of Songs 456

Ecclesiastes 466

Lamentations 474

Esther 486

Daniel 494

Ezra and Nehemiah 506

Manuscripts 539

Hebrew and Aramaic terms 539

Arabic terms 540

Biblical references 546

Diqduq references 566

Imperative bases 570.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [528]-536) and index.

Contains:

Joseph ben Noah, active 10th century-11th century. Diḳduḳ. English & Judeo-Arabic.

ISBN:

9004119337

OCLC:

43985778