In this work, the author examines recent contributions to Hebrew text-linguistics by Niccacci, Andersen, Eskhult, Khan, and Longacre, evaluating them against a twofold standard of theoretical and methodological integrity, and clarity of communication. An extensive introduction to one particularly promising model of text analysis (from Longacre's tagmemic school) is given, and a step-by-step methodology is presented. Analyses according to this model and methodology are given of seven extended text samples, each building on the findings of the previous analyses: Judg. 2; Lev. 14:1-32; Lev. 6:1-7:37; parallel instructions and historical reports about the building of the Tabernacle, from Exodus 25-40; Judg. 10:6-12:7; and the book of Ruth in its entirety. Considerable attention is given to the question of text-linguistics and reported speech.
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I strongly recommend Dawson to anyone who has tried to study the advanced work of Andersen, Longacre, Muraoka, etc. but emerged baffled. Dawson will help you understand those works. 
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Additional Information
- Title: Text-Linguistics and Biblical Hebrew
- Author: David Allan Dawson
- 242 pages
- Sheffield Academic, 1994
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