Linguistic and Philological Studies of the Hebrew Bible and its Manuscripts

Vincent D. Beiler, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Cambridge, researches Masoretic Bibles of the 10th–12th centuries C.E., combining palaeography, codicology, Masorah parva, and the study of colophons to establish relationships between codices.Aaron D. Rubin, Ph.D. (2004) Harvard University, is Ann and Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia. He has published widely on Hebrew, the Semitic languages, and Jewish languages.

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceThe Publications of Gary A. RendsburgPart 1 Hebrew Language1 On Third Person Masculine Plural Pronouns in HebrewSteven E. Fassberg2 Out of the Sweet Came Good: A Study in Semitic EtymologyEdward L. Greenstein3 Hebraisms in MandaicC.G. Häberl4 The Phasal Narrative Function of Long yiqṭol and weqaṭal in Biblical HebrewGeoffrey Khan5 Windows, Walls, and Terebinths: The -ōn Morph in חַלּוֹנֵינוּ ḥallōnēnū (Jer 9:20) and BeyondFrank H. Polak6 On the Biblical Hebrew Preposition minAaron D. Rubin7 Historical Linguistics and Language Change: the Rabbinic Hebrew DeponentAzzan Yadin-Israel8 The Etymology and Meaning of Kuntillet ʿAjrud: An Experimental InquiryZiony ZevitPart 2 Hebrew Bible9 שֵׁדִים šēḏīm: Shades of Difference between ‘Demons’, Deity, and שַׁדַּי šaddayDebra Scoggins Ballentine10 Greek Eros in Song of Songs 8:6–7Adele Berlin11 Month Names in the BibleChristian M.M. Brady12 Further Reflections on Egyptian Influences on the Early Hebrews—Priestly MattersJames K. Hoffmeier13 The Akedah in a Different VoiceAaron Koller14 Targum Jonathan in the Critical Apparatus of the Biblia Hebraica Quinta in 1 and 2 SamuelCraig E. Morrison15 Hidden Waters: The Sounds of Sinking in the Song of the SeaScott B. Noegel16 Sound Play in the Song of HannahElizabeth Robar17 Northern Refugees in Jerusalem: The Case of Menaḥem, Son of YawbanaWilliam M. Schniedewind18 Transformation and Continuity in Liturgical Poetry: The Case of Psalm 20Benjamin D. Sommer19 Two Notes on the Rescue of Moses in Exodus and in the Dura-Europos Synagogue MuralJeffrey H. Tigay20 Isaiah 15:9H.G.M. Williamson21 The Joy of Secondary Texts: The “Little Horn” in Masoretic Text and Old Greek Daniel 7–8Ian YoungPart 3 Hebrew Manuscripts22 Who Wrote Acrostic Signatures in Early Masoretic Bibles? The Case of Ḥananya ha-Levi ben ShelomoVincent D. Beiler23 Christian Scholarship and Jewish Prayer in 13th-Century England: Oxford, MS Arch. Selden A. 3Judith Olszowy-Schlanger24 The Curious Case of the Corresponding Colophons in Codex Cairo 3Benjamin M. Outhwaite25 A Letter from the Chief of the Samaritans, with a Little PresentStefan Schorch