An Unusual use of the Definite Article in Biblical and Post-Biblical Hebrew

Martin Gustaf Ehrensvärd

An Unusual use of the Definite Article in Biblical and Post-Biblical Hebrew

Section of Biblical Exegesis

Abstract

The article investigates the claim that the definite article in mishnaic Hebrew can be unrelated to determination. This claim is found in the standard grammars of Moshe Azar and in the work of Gabriel Birnbaum. The article argues that this interpretation of the use of the article is based on a misunderstanding, and the instances of article use that might seem to be unrelated to determination in fact are perfectly related to determination when analysed carefully.

Translated title of the contribution	An Unusual use of the Definite Article in Biblical and Post-Biblical Hebrew
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sirach, Scrolls, and Sages : Proceedings of a Second International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Ben Sira, and the Mishnah, held at Leiden University, 15-17 December 1997
Editors	T. Muraoka, J. F. Elwolde
Number of pages	8
Publisher	Brill
Publication date	1999
Pages	68-76
ISBN (Print)	9789004115538
Publication status	Published - 1999

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An Unusual use of the Definite Article in Biblical and Post-Biblical Hebrew. / Ehrensvärd, Martin Gustaf.

Sirach, Scrolls, and Sages: Proceedings of a Second International Symposium on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Ben Sira, and the Mishnah, held at Leiden University, 15-17 December 1997. ed. / T. Muraoka; J. F. Elwolde. Brill, 1999. p. 68-76.

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