Language and interpretation in the Syriac text of Ben Sira : a comparative linguistic and literary study /

Language and interpretation in the Syriac text of Ben Sira : a comparative linguistic and literary study /

This book is the result of an innovative linguistic study of the Syriac translation of Ben Sira. It contains both a traditional philological analysis, incorporating matters of text-historical interest and translation technique, and also the results of a computational linguistic analysis of phrases,...

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Main Author: Peursen, W. Th. van.

Format: eBook

Language: English
Syriac

Published: Boston : Brill, 2007.

Series: Monographs of the Peshiṭta Institute, Leiden. Studies in the Syriac versions of the Bible and their cultural contexts ; v. 16
Monographs of the Peshitta Institute 16.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004222700.

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Bible. > Ecclesiasticus > Language, style.
Syriac language > Grammar, Comparative.

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Call Number: BS1765.55 .P48 2007

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials /
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  • Chapter One. The Text /
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  • Chapter Two. The Place Of The Syriac Translanon In The Textual History Of Sirach /
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  • Chapter Three. The Syriac Sirach As A Translanon /
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  • Chapter Four. Tendencies In The Syriac Sirach Not Shared By The 'Expanded Text' /
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  • Chapter Five. Intertextual Analysis /
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  • Chapter Six. The Religious Profile Of The Syriac Sirach /
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  • Chapter Seven. The Calap Model Of Textual Analysis /
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  • Chapter Eight. The Procedure Of The Calap Analysis /
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  • Chapter Nine. Preliminary Remarks On Phrase Structure /
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  • Chapter Ten. Phrases With One Extension /
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  • Chapter Eleven. Phrases With Two Extensions /
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  • Chapter Twelve. Phrases With More Than Two Extensions And Other Complex Phrase Structures /
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  • Chapter Thirteen. Discontinuous Phrases /
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  • Chapter Fourteen. Independent Use Of XXX /
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  • Chapter Fifteen. Towards A Maximum Matrix Of Phrases /
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  • Chapter Sixteen. Preliminary Remarks On Clause Structure /
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  • Chapter Seventeen. Bipartite Nominal Clauses /
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  • Chapter Eighteen. Tripartite Nominal Clauses /
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  • Chapter Nineteen. Quadripartite Nominal Clauses /
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  • Chapter Twenty. Participials /
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  • Chapter Twenty-One. Extraposition And Pronominal Agreement /
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  • Chapter Twenty-Two. Existential Clauses /
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  • Chapter Twenty-Three. Clauses Containing The Verb XXX /
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  • Chapter Twenty-Four. Cleft Sentences /
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  • Chapter Twenty-Five. Functions Of The Pronoun /
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  • Chapter Twenty-Six. Preliminary Remarks On Clause Hierarchy /
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  • Chapter Twenty-Seven. Clause Hierarchy In The Praise Of The Fathers /
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  • Chapter Twenty-Eight. Conclusions /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index Of Passages /
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  • Index Of Authors /
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