This is a close textual reading of the Hebrew text of the biblical book of Esther with special attention to descriptions of the human body. Esther's narrative is rich with corporeal descriptions including feasting and fasting, beauty competitions, and body positions. The transit…
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Eating disorders have traditionally been considered a Western culture phenomenon. Although socio-cultural theories have been popularized in the eating disorder literature, few studies have been conducted among non-Caucasian populations other than those of North America and Weste…
This dissertation analyzes character-portrayal in the Fourth Gospel within the context of Greek and Hebrew methods of character-depiction. Two previous studies serve as points of departure for this examination. One is R. Alan Culpepper's chapter on characterization in Anatomy of…
This dissertation is an analysis of the ways in which early Christians employed the idea of Jerusalem in their literary and ideological constructions. Jerusalem is understood to be a symbol that was a useful tool in the hands of early Christian authors who were in the process of…
Building on the recent studies in Hebrew poetry and on continuing work in "rhetorical criticism" (following Muilenburg), the dissertation develops a method of poetic analysis and applies it to Isaiah 2-12 as an example of prophetic rhetoric within a complex literary corpus. The …
This dissertation investigates the role of syntax in the composition of poetic units (i.e., bicola, tricola, etc.) in Hebrew poetry through a comprehensive study of a continuous text, Jeremiah 1-10. Prophetic material was selected for the study because of the broad spectrum of p…
The Biblical Hebrew verbal system has long puzzled scholars. The Suffix Form (or Perfect) is supposed to mean "past" or "completed," while the Prefix Form (or Imperfect) is supposed to mean "future" or "incompleted," that is, present, future, or habitual. But when the conjunctio…
This study presents the first systematic investigation of translation technique in the Peshitta of the book of Job (P-Job). By examining representative topics in P-Job from the areas of grammar, syntax, semantics and style, characteristics of the Peshitta in general and the Pesh…
This dissertation presents a critical analysis of the works of one of the most important Hebrew philologists, Yehuda ben David (c. 950-1000) otherwise known as Hayyuj. Working in Cordoba, Spain, Hayyuj was the first to propose the concept of triliteral consonantal roots as the b…
Ulpan Akiva is known around the world as a center for teaching Hebrew and Arabic and for attempting to further peaceful relations between groups of disparate peoples. The large number of immigrants to Israel from the Soviet Union and other places has accelerated the demand for H…
This dissertation seeks to show that by employing a textlinguistic methodology, one can establish with a fair degree of objectivity much of the meaning that is "encoded" via the language and structure of an ancient text, as it is studied in its historical context. The book of Ma…
This study attempts to focus the meaning of the Niphal verbal forms in some 4100 examples found in Biblical Hebrew. Beginning with a survey of the major grammarians' understanding of the Niphal, chapter one notes significant omissions and discrepancies among these grammarians, a…
Scholars have given the study of Biblical Hebrew words, and especially verbs, a great amount of attention. Work on lexicons of Biblical Hebrew, theological dictionaries and various articles in journals give important details about individual verbs that appear in the Hebrew Bible…
To provide curriculum planners with empirical data, the present study investigated the Hebrew language needs of Conservative movement rabbinical students. Using a multidimensional model of needs assessment, the study addressed the context, the learning (instructional) situation,…
This is a study of the ancient Hebrew words which refer to cutting tools. This lexical field is here divided into sub-fields based on the uses of the implements to which the words refer, and the first few chapters offer detailed studies of the tools used in agricultural work, wo…
The tautological use of the infinitive absolute in Biblical Hebrew has drawn attention as a linguistic phenomenon unique to Biblical Hebrew. However, it has not received a coherent treatment in ancient and modern translations, nor has its function been clearly defined by modern …
This intertextual study explores the interrelationship between some modern and postmodern Hebrew writers and kabbalistic texts. The premise is that some early mystical-theosophical texts have certain fundamental poetic characteristics that became a fertile source for later Hebre…
Ben Sira (ca. 245–175 B.C.E.) was a Jerusalem scribe, among whose functions was the instruction of young men. Near the end of his life Ben Sira collected his notes and reflections into a long Hebrew poem, that came to be known as the Wisdom of Ben Sira (the Apocryphal/Deuterocan…
The objective for this dissertation is twofold: I first examine how the Israeli poet Rahel Bluvshtain-Sela (1890-1931) reclaimed the Hebrew language of the Bible in order to create a Modern Hebrew vernacular. I then evaluate Rahel's creative strategies in light of her contributi…