Tag: Linguistics

• An Introduction to Biblical Aramaic

  My review of Andreas Schuele’s Introduction to Biblical Aramaic was published in the latest issue of the Bulletin for Biblical Research (23.2, 2013, pp. 249-251). Here is a snippet: It is not easy to find an inviting grammar, one that is easily accessible for students approaching the language for the first time. This is especially true […]

  Brian Davidson

  July 16, 2013

  Aramaic, Bible

  Andreas Schuele, Book Review, Grammar, Linguistics, Westminster John Knox, WJK

• Lexham Discourse Hebrew Bible as a Reference Work

  Sometimes a different description, new terminology, is all it takes for understanding to click. This is one reason I find it helpful to turn to the Lexham Discourse Hebrew Bible (LDHB) as a reference tool. As I read Genesis 41:39 recently, I was puzzled by the use of אחרי. After looking over the entries in […]

  Brian Davidson

  January 21, 2013

  Bible, Hebrew, Productivity

  Book Review, Genesis, Grammar, Josh Westbury, Linguistics, Logos Bible Software, Steve Runge

• Redundant Quotative Frames in Jonah

  Steve Runge and Josh Westbury recently released the electronic Lexham Discourse Hebrew Bible (6 vols). One of the 6 volumes is an introduction to their function-based approach to Hebrew grammar. For Hebrew grammar this is the best complement to Runge’s Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament, available electronically or in print. The introduction included in […]

  Brian Davidson

  January 19, 2013

  Bible, Hebrew, Productivity

  Book Review, Grammar, Jonah, Linguistics, Logos Bible Software, Steve Runge