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Qumran Hebrew: Some Typological Observations

Qumran Hebrew: Some Typological Observations QUMRAN HEBREW: SOME TYPOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS by SHELOMO MORAG Jerusalem Our aim in this article is to present some observations concerning the place of the language of the Qumran texts in the history of Hebrew. With their abundance of new data these texts furnish new criteria for re-evaluating numerous points. First and formost, we are now in a better position to deal with the linguistic typology of the literature of the Qumran period, roughly from the beginning of the first century B.C.E. to the end of the first century C.E. Of particular interest is the relationship of Qumran Hebrew ( = QH) to Biblical Hebrew ( = BH) on the one hand and to Mishnaic Hebrew ( = MH) on the other. These questions are, needless to say, of major importance. Several opinions have been expressed on the position of QH with regard to BH. Some scholars consider QH a continuation of Late Biblical Hebrew (=LBH)1; others view it as an artificial entity, a product of an attempt to revive BH, namely as a literary continua- tion of Classical BH.2 Another view regards QH as consisting of LBH features and lines of archaization.3 There is room to ask whether http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vetus Testamentum Brill

Qumran Hebrew: Some Typological Observations

Morag, Shelomo
Vetus Testamentum , Volume 38 (2): 148 – Jan 1, 1988
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© 1988 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0042-4935
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10.1163/156853388X00355
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QUMRAN HEBREW: SOME TYPOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS by SHELOMO MORAG Jerusalem Our aim in this article is to present some observations concerning the place of the language of the Qumran texts in the history of Hebrew. With their abundance of new data these texts furnish new criteria for re-evaluating numerous points. First and formost, we are now in a better position to deal with the linguistic typology of the literature of the Qumran period, roughly from the beginning of the first century B.C.E. to the end of the first century C.E. Of particular interest is the relationship of Qumran Hebrew ( = QH) to Biblical Hebrew ( = BH) on the one hand and to Mishnaic Hebrew ( = MH) on the other. These questions are, needless to say, of major importance. Several opinions have been expressed on the position of QH with regard to BH. Some scholars consider QH a continuation of Late Biblical Hebrew (=LBH)1; others view it as an artificial entity, a product of an attempt to revive BH, namely as a literary continua- tion of Classical BH.2 Another view regards QH as consisting of LBH features and lines of archaization.3 There is room to ask whether

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