A large section from a hitherto unknown Hebrew grammatical text, written in the tenth century by the Karaite scholar ’Abu Ya‘qub Yusuf ibn Nuh? of Jerusalem, is analysed in detail. The volume includes an annotated English translation.

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The early Karaite tradition of Hebrew grammatical thought : including a critical edition, translation and analysis of the Diqduq of ·Abū Yaʻqūb ibn Nūḥ on the Hagiographa. The Diqduq on the Hagiographa / Yūsuf Ibn Nūḥ

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The early Karaite tradition of Hebrew grammatical thought : including a critical edition, translation and analysis of the Diqduq of Abū Yaʼqūb Yūsuf ibn Nūḥ on the Hagiographa

Khan, Lecturer in Hebrew and Aramaic at the Faculty of Oriental Studies Geoffrey

Koninklijke Brill N.V.

Studies in Semitic languages and linguistics, Leiden ; Boston ; Köln, 2000

Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, 2000

Netherlands, Netherlands

The Netherlands, 2000

Annotated, 2000

June 2000

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
PREFACE
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 PHONOLOGY
1.1. Consonants
1.2. Vowels
1.3. Shewa
1.4. Ḥaṭeph vowel signs
1.5. Accents
1.6. Ga'ya
1.7. Maqqeph
1.8. Dagesh and raphe
CHAPTER 2 MORPHOLOGY
2.1. Morphological bases
2.1.1. Bases of verbal forms
2.1.1.1. Imperative base of verbs
2.1.1.2. Phonetic processes
2.1.1.3. Inflection of one type of base transferred to another
2.1.1.4. Pausal forms
2.1.1.5. Primary and secondary imperatives
2.1.1.6. Noun base of verbs
2.1.1.7. Infinitive base of verbs
2.1.1.8. Sign ('alāma) of the feminine
2.1.1.9. Alternative bases of verbs
2.1.2. Bases of noun forms
2.1.2.1. Noun base
2.1.2.1.1 Derivation of plural forms
2.1.2.1.2. Base of feminine singular forms
2.1.2.1.3. Variant forms of noun
2.1.2.1.4. Construct farm acting as base
2.1.2.1.5. Pausal forms
2.1.2.2. Imperative base
2.1.2.3. Past verb base
2.1.2.4. Base of nouns with pronominal suffixes
2.1.2.5. Phonetic processes
2.1.2.6. Alternative opinions
2.1.2.7. Signs ('alāmāt) of the plural
2.1.3. Bases of prepositions and particles
2.2. Jawhar ('substance') of a ward
2.3. Lugha
2.4. Wazn ('pattern')
2.5. Summary of theory of ward structure and derivational morphology
2.6. Pronouns
2.6.1. Variant forms of pronominal suffixes
2.6.2. Problems of interpretation of reference
2.7. Aramaic and Arabic elements in Hebrew
2.8. The Aramaic of Daniel and Ezra
CHAPTER 3 SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS
3.1. 'Past' and 'future' forms of verb
3.2. Infinitives
3.3. Nouns
3.3.1. Definition of nouns
3.3.2. Semantic classification of nouns
3.3.3. Agent (ism al-fā'il) and patient (ism al-maf'ūl)
3.4. Definite and indefinite
3.5. Gender
3.6. Intransitive and transitive verbs
3.7. The contextual status of wards
3.7.1. Disjoined (mukrat) and conjoined (muḍāf)
3.7.2. Continuing (holek)
3.7.3. Interpretation of disjoining and conjoining
3.8. The particle waw
3.9. The elision of wards
CHAPTER 4 TRANSLATION AND EXEGESIS
4.1. Tafsīr ('literal interpretation')
4.2. Ma'nā ('meaning'), murād ('intention') and majāz ('metaphar')
4.3. Elements of interpretation from the Rabbinic tradition
4.4. The use of Arabic for the interpretation of the meaning of words
4.5. The Diqduq and the Karaite tradition of interpretation
CHAPTER 5 KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIQDUQ OF YŪSUF IBN NŪḤ IN LATER GENERATIONS
CHAPTER 6 SYNOPSIS OF TERMINOLOGY
6.1. Hebrew and Aramaic terms
6.2. Arabic terms
CHAPTER 7 MANUSCRIPTS
7.1. Base manuscripts
7.1.1. Manuscript A
7.1.2. Manuscript B
7.2. Other manuscripts
7.3. Manuscripts containing shortened versions of the text
7.4. Method of editing
7.5. The language of the Diqduq
THE DIQDUQ OF YŪSUF IBN NŪḤ ON THE HAGIOGRAPHA
Chronicles
Psalms
Job
Proverbs
Ruth
Song of Songs
Ecclesiastes
Lamentations
Esther
Daniel
Ezra and Nehemiah
REFERENCES
INDEXES
General index
Manuscripts
Hebrew and Aramaic terms
Arabic terms
Biblical references
Diqduq references
Imperative bases
STUDIES IN SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS

<p>One of the earliest Karaite grammatical texts that have come down to us from the Middle Ages, is the Diqduq, by ’Abū Ya‘qūb Yūsuf ibn Nūhū, of Jerusalem. It is a grammatical commentary on the Hebrew Bible.<br>
This volume presents a critical edition of a large section of that Hebrew grammatical text, together with an annotated English translation and a detailed analysis of its contents. The analysis concerns the tradition of Hebrew grammatical thought that was developed in the Middle Ages by grammarians belonging to the Karaite movement of Judaism.<br>
The work is an important contribution to the study of the history of Hebrew grammar and to the study of medieval Jewish thought in general. It brings to light, for the first time, one of the major Hebrew grammatical texts from the tenth century, which predates most of the works of the Spanish school of Hebrew grammar.</p>

One of the earliest Karaite grammatical texts that have come down to us from the Middle Ages, is the Diqduq, by 'Abū Ya'qūb Yūsuf ibn Nūḥ, of Jerusalem. It is a grammatical commentary on the Hebrew Bible. This volume presents a critical edition of a large section of that Hebrew grammatical text, together with an annotated English translation and a detailed analysis of its contents. The analysis concerns the tradition of Hebrew grammatical thought that was developed in the Middle Ages by grammarians belonging to the Karaite movement of Judaism. The work is an important contribution to the study of the history of Hebrew grammar and to the study of medieval Jewish thought in general. It brings to light, for the first time, one of the major Hebrew grammatical texts from the tenth century, which predates most of the works of the Spanish school of Hebrew grammar

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