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This dissertation investigates the variable use of the object preposition ʾet in Biblical Hebrew as an example of Differential Object Marking. Two categories of variation were examined. Asymmetric case alternations involve the variation... more
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      Biblical Hebrew (Languages And Linguistics)TransitivityDifferential Object MarkingSemantic Roles
Definiteness is a complicated category that has attracted the attention of philosophers and logicians in addition to linguists. While a core set of prototypical functions of the definite article are common cross- linguistically, the... more
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      Biblical Hebrew (Languages And Linguistics)Definite ArticleGenericity
The use of the object marker את in Biblical Hebrew is an example of a Differential Object Marking (DOM) system in which marking is optional for a certain set of object phrases. Along with the other “prose particles” ה (def) and אשר (rel),... more
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      Biblical Hebrew (Languages And Linguistics)Biblical Hebrew poetryDifferential Object MarkingHebrew Bible and Northwest Semitic Languages
Handout to accompany "Object Marking in Biblical Hebrew Poetry" presented at SBL Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 2014
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Many of the early first-millenium Northwest Semitic languages featured Differential Object Marking (DOM) systems, in which only some grammatical objects are overtly marked. While DOM systems are similar cross-linguistically, the exact... more
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      Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near EastBiblical Hebrew (Languages And Linguistics)Northwest SemiticsBiblical Hebrew
Studies of the object marker *ʾyt in Northwest Semitic have been largely concerned with its origin and etymology, but the function of the object marker has been poorly understood. While the use of the object marker may be optional, the... more
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      Biblical Hebrew (Languages And Linguistics)Northwest SemiticsBiblical NarrativeDifferential Object Marking
This article argues that the contrasting attitudes toward tricksterism in Genesis 38 and 39 are relevant to the position of these chapters in the overlapping Jacob and Joseph narratives. The juxtaposition of Genesis 38 and 39 invites... more
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      Hebrew BibleBook of GenesisLiterary study of the BiblePentateuchal Theory
Omission of the definite article is one means by which early biblical poetry distinguishes itself from prose. This difference reflects a split between a common Northwest Semitic poetic tradition that is more conservative and the emergence... more
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      Biblical Hebrew (Languages And Linguistics)Northwest SemiticsBiblical Hebrew poetryHebrew Bible/Old Testament
Omission of the definite article is one means by which early biblical poetry distinguishes itself from prose. This difference reflects a split between a common Northwest Semitic poetic tradition that is more conservative and the emergence... more
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      Biblical Hebrew (Languages And Linguistics)Biblical Hebrew poetryHebrew Bible/Old TestamentHebrew Bible and Northwest Semitic Languages
Ezekiel 2:6 contains several perplexing elements. The word אוֹתָךְ has the form of a 2ms object pronoun but cannot be read that way in the clause. Moreover, in the context of a prophetic call narrative one might expect the כִּי clause at... more
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      Biblical StudiesBiblical Hebrew (Languages And Linguistics)Differential Object MarkingHebrew Bible/Old Testament
Examples to accompany presentation at 2019 SBL Annual meeting in San Diego, CA
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This paper situates Roman actions undertaken against Christians amidst an unofcial pattern of measures employed throughout the imperial period to manage the expanding inuence of freelance religious experts. Questions about the... more
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      Early ChristianityRoman ReligionApostle Paul and the Pauline LettersMartyrdom
James C. Hanges’ new book raises a number of important questions about what it means to situate Paul’s religious activities within his own historical context, and also models one possible methodology for doing so. In this review, I... more
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      Roman HistoryEarly Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman)Early ChristianityRoman Religion
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      EpidocLatin Inscriptions
pages cm. -(Brown Judaic studies ; v. 358) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-930675-94-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) -ISBN 978-1-930675-96-4 (electronic book)
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      Early ChristianityRoman ReligionRoman EmpireJosephus
This article situates expulsions of Jews/Judeans from Rome within a broader pattern of legislation aimed at freelance experts in foreign or otherwise novel religious teachings and practices. Such experts proliferated in the early imperial... more
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      Early ChristianityRoman ReligionRoman EmpireAncient Judaism
Spiritual Taxonomies and Ritual Authority offers a textured account of third-century intellectuals, defined broadly, and makes several productive contributions to the study of late ancient religion. Exploring how Platonically-inclined... more
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      Early Judaism (2nd Temple, Greco-Roman)Early ChristianityRoman ReligionRabbinic Literature
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      Early ChristianityHeresy and Orthodoxy