The existence of numerous verbal parallels within the prophetic books of the Old Testament presents an exegetical problem due to a lack of clarity in the use of terminology, the complexity of the literature, and the resultant difficulty in identifying, explaining the nature of t…
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Pseudo-verbal constructions in Biblical Hebrew, or the use of a preposition plus the infinitive as the equivalent of a finite verb, is the subject of this study. Our investigation disclosed that this phenome- non is common throughout the Bible. The Pentateuch, the Prophets, and …
There are many Old Testament Hebrew poems whose dates are widely disputed. This is a problem for the student of Old Testament theology and history, since the poetry of the Old Testament provides a rich store of information about theology and history. However, if it is not possib…
This study investigates Hos 5:8-6:6 in an attempt to discover the mode and function of the resurrection motif. Chapter 1 surveys the interpretation of Hos 5:8-6:6 since the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. Previous discussion of this passage, notwithstanding a …
Since the publication of the Cairo Geniza fragments and Codex Neofiti I, increased knowledge of the Palestinian Targum to the Pentateuch has made it plain that the Pseudo-Jonathan Targum to the Pentateuch (hereinafter PsJ) stands apart in some way from the mainstream of these wo…
Employing the methodology of traditional rhetoric, this dissertation examines the rhetorical content of the Amarna vassal corpus. The practice of traditional rhetoric aimed at exerting a persuasive action on an audience. Persuasion depended upon ethical, emotional, and logical a…
The Doctoral dissertation entitled "The Sculpture and Relief of Ramesses III" examines the monuments of King Ramesses Mer-Amun Ruler of Heliopolis (1184-1153 B.C.), the second king of Dynasty XX. The historical background of the age is reviewed, outlining the peculiar circumstan…
This dissertation is a study of the seals and the sealing practices of the participants named in private business transactions recorded in cuneiform upon clay tablets from the southern Babylonian city of Uruk (Gr. Orchoi) during the Hellenistic period. The personal names contain…
The dissertation comprises a critical edition with commentary (with translation where appropriate) of thirteen Greek texts on papyrus, which come from the collections of 4 institutions: The University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, The University of California at Berkele…
Semitic words and names appear in unprecedented numbers in texts of the New Kingdom, the period when the Egyptian empire extended into Syria-Palestine. Previous studies of these words have consisted mostly of lists and proposed etymologies, many of which are untenable for phonol…
This study investigates the etymology of the Hebrew word "people" and its uses and meanings in the Old Testament. An introduction to the problem is followed in Chapter II by a study of the uses and meanings of the cognates of Hebrew 'am(m) in the Semitic languages. Here it becom…
The morphology of Proto-Indo-European has traditionally been reconstructed as a composite of all the complexities found in the daughter languages, with a full array of tenses, moods, and aspects. This dissertation re-examines that premise by focusing on one morphological categor…
Our study seeks to describe the social terminology of Phoenician, biblical hebrew and Ugaritic. Terms such as king, governor, mayor, official, commoner, man, woman, community, etc. are carefully analyzed. We begin our study by determining the meaning of a referent through its us…
Speaker and audience identification in prophetic discourse is crucial for a proper understanding of any prophetic message. Since no single method can encompass speaker and audience analysis, this study explores methodological factors which contribute to understanding such data p…
This study analyzes the status and role--the value, dignity and activities--of the women of ancient Israel, both as individuals and as a group. By means of a careful exegetical study of the sole literary remains of Israelite society, the Hebrew Bible, it seeks to reveal the stat…
During the late-fourth or early-fifth centuries C.E., an anonymous author from the Syriac-speaking areas of the Roman or Persian empires composed a text on the monastic life which subsequent tradition has named the Liber Graduum. This study will demonstrate that the author consi…
A Structural Semantic Analysis of Selected Biblical Hebrew Words for Punishment/Discipline brings to bear upon an important field of biblical Hebrew terms some of the insights of modern structural semantic analysis. The roots of the selected terms are gʿr, ysr, ykh, and ngm. The…
The Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Bible has been subjected to a variety of approaches over the years. In this century, the dominant approach has been a form-critical one, focusing on the genres of individual psalms and corresponding Sitze im Leben. The approach has been taxonomic…