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Annotated Key to Lambdin's Introduction to Biblical Hebrew
Continuum International Publishing 1987; US$ 130.00Lambdin's Introduction to Biblical Hebrew has established itself as a standard textbook in colleges and universities as well as being frequently used by those who wish to teach themselves Biblical Hebrew. The lack of a key to the many exercises in the book has been widely regretted, but this lack is made good with the present publication. Having... more...
The Literature of Ancient Sumer
Oxford University Press, UK 2004; US$ 54.99Sumerian is the oldest written language of ancient Iraq, first written down some 5000 years ago. Its literature, encompassing narrative myths, lyrical hymns, proverbs, and love poetry, provides a stimulating insight into the world's first urban civilization. Written in clear, accessible English, these translations are the most comprehensive collection... more...
Divine Epithets in the Ugaritic Alphabetic Texts
BRILL 2007; US$ 216.00Comprises an analysis of 112 divine epithets occurring in the alphabetic cuneiform texts from Ras Shamra and Ras Ibn Hani. This study of the divine epithets in the Ugaritic alphabetic cuneiform texts from Ras Shamra and Ras Ibn Hani provides a new and comprehensive analysis of the epithets of the individual Ugaritic deities. more...
The Grammar of Perspective
BRILL 2008; US$ 189.00Taking a functional-typological approach, this work argues that the Sumerian conjugation prefixes, in their primary function, constitute a system of grammatical voice, in which the active voice is set against the middle voice. These prefixes are, in turn, represented by heavy and light markers that differ with respect to focus and emphasis. more...
The World's Oldest Literature
BRILL 2010; US$ 287.00To propagate the invention of writing, the Sumerians established scribal schools which preserved and transmitted the accumulated wisdom of the past, usually in poetic form. The literature thus created has been studied by the author for half a century. This title assembles his conclusions that are important for biblicists. more...
Vier Epitaphe - die Basler Hebraistenfamilie Buxtorf
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 35.00This study explores a famous chapter of university, scholarly and family history, placing it in context for the first time. The Buxtorf family, which originated from Westphalia, held the Chair of Hebrew Language at the University of Basel from 1588 to 1732 ? a total of 144 years ? spanning a period of four generations. The Buxtorfs conveyed the methods... more...
Egyptian Tales: The Gold in the Grave
A&C Black 2004; US$ 6.49Tutankhamen has been buried in his rocky tomb. But there is a plot to rob the grave of its vast wealth as soon as possible after the funeral. A motley gang of villains have all the skills they need to undertake the crime - the key member of the team is young Paneb, who is small and lithe and the only one who can slip through the tunnel and into the... more...
Current Issues in Generative Hebrew Linguistics
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2008; US$ 165.00This volume presents a collection of specially commissioned papers devoted to analyzing the linguistics of Modern Hebrew from a number of perspectives. Various aspects of Modern Hebrew grammar are discussed including the structure of the lexicon, grammatical features and inflectional morphology, as well as the grammaticalization of semantic and pragmatic... more...
Metalanguage in Interaction
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2009; US$ 143.00Metalanguage in Interaction is about the crystallization of metalanguage employed throughout interaction into the discourse markers which permeate talk. Based on close analysis of naturally-occurring Hebrew conversation, it is a synchronic study of the grammaticization of discourse markers, a phenomenon until now mostly studied from a diachronic... more...
Oral Poetry and Somali Nationalism
Cambridge University Press 1982; US$ 30.00This book explores the influence of oral poetry on Somali politics. more...









