Linguistic Dating of Biblical Texts - An Introduction to Approaches and Problems (Hardcover, New)

Volume 2 begins with a book-by-book survey of scholarship on the origins (author, date, etc.) of biblical sources, passage, and books with particular reference to the linguistic evidence scholars have cited in arriving at these conclusions (Chapter 1). This chapter is followed by an in-depth synthesis of the topics discussed in Volume, in which the authors argue a new perspective on linguistic variety in biblical Hebrew (Chapter 2). Finally, the authors present a series of detailed case studies on various linguistic issues (Chapter 3), extensive tables of grammatical and lexical features (Chapter 4), and a comprehensive bibliography.The authors argue that the scholarly use of language in dating biblical texts, and even the traditional standpoint on the chronological development of biblical Hebrew, are in need of thorough re-evaluation. Therefore in addition to over-viewing this field of research, both volumes are also a critique of scholarly assumptions and conclusions and an argument for a new approach to linguistic variety in biblical Hebrew. Throughout the chapters in Volume 1, the authors present different points in their outline and in Volume 2 they synthesise the entire argument in a single chapter. The authors argue that 'Early' Biblical Hebrew and 'Late' Biblical Hebrew do not represent different chronological periods in the history of biblical Hebrew, but instead represent co-existing styles of literary Hebrew throughout the biblical period. (General note about this product: Volume 1 is a textbook for students and is sold in a paperback edition as a single volume. Volume 2 provides material to supplement Volume 1 for advanced students and scholars and will be sold only as ahardback set with Volume 1.)