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This dissertation argues that with respect to structure, the prologue of Judges is a single introduction covering Judges 1:1-3:6, which has a five-stage plot structure: exposition (1:1-2), complication (1:3-36), change (2:1-10), resolution (2:11-3:4) and ending 3:5-6). Four flas…

In Biblical Hebrew two sets of verb forms are used: indicative and modal. The modal system consists of imperative, jussive and cohortative forms. Only imperative forms constitute a morphologically distinct category. Jussive and cohortative forms are not always morphologically di…

Biblical Hebrew grammar is typically founded on an analysis of how verbal features function within narrative, since narrative is the most prominent discourse type in the Hebrew Bible. In contrast, this study adopts the approach of analyzing grammatical features within direct dis…

This dissertation is a study of paronomasia, or plays on words, in the narrative portions of the books of the Hebrew Bible known as the Former Prophets. The author first presents a summary of the history of the study of paronomasia in the Hebrew Bible. He then offers a taxonomic…