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10. Philology and Grammar

This book introduces and abridges the syntactical practice of biblical Hebrew. The authors, both of Asbury Theological Seminary, seek to bridge the gap between the scholarly advances in the study of Hebrew syntax during recent decades and the level normally reached by students of biblical Hebrew. The result is a user-friendly volume which should go some way towards helping students venture into the labyrinthine ways of Hebrew grammar and syntax. The volume divides Hebrew syntax and morphology into four parts. The first three cover individual words with the goal of helping the student move from morphological and syntactical observations to meaning and significance. The fourth section moves beyond phrase-level phenomena and considers the larger relationship of clauses and sentences. Each syntactical category begins with at least one paragraph, giving definition to that grammatical category. This is followed by a list of the most common exegetical possibilities for that particular phenomenon. All examples are taken directly from biblical Hebrew. There is a subject index and a very helpful ten-page glossary of (usually unexplained) terms used by grammarians. The ‘Sources Consulted’ is also helpful, though there are some surprising omissions, namely S.R. Driver, Hebrew Tenses, G. Khan, Studies in Semitic Syntax, J.C.L. Gibson, Davidson’s Introductory Hebrew Grammar; Syntax. R.B. SALTERS