Since its publication in 1923 Paul Jouon’s Grammaire de l’hebreu biblique has been generally recognized as one of the finest grammars of Biblical Hebrew. Two of its obvious strengths are the clarity and lucidity of exposition, characteristic of many a work in French, and the splendid section, allocated nearly half the pages of the book, on syntax, a compartment of grammar often sadly relegated to ancillary status in Hebrew grammars. This latter aspect is important also in view of the dominant position syntax has come to occupy in contemporary general linguistics.
In the preface to the original edition the author refers to progress in Semitic philology. The need he felt over sixty years ago to write a Hebrew grammar in the light of the fruits of the science of Semitic philology is equally shared to us today. Whilst no Hebrew grammar comparable in scope to Jouon’s has yet appeared, even the comparatively narrow discipline of Hebrew philology has hardly been dormant: a good number of important monographs and a rich crop of valuable, original articles and reviews have appeared. Thus it seems amply justified to attempt to bring this splendid grammar up to date and also make it available in a language more widely read and understood at the present time.
Author: Paul Jouon Takamitsu Muraoka
Format: PDF
Year: 2011
Pages: 834
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