Verbal syntax in the Greek Pentateuch : natural Greek usage and Hebrew interference /

Addressing the entire Greek Pentateuch, this study of the Greek verb investigates the value of these translations as evidence for the history of the Greek language. The nature and influence of the underlying Hebrew are comprehensively analysed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Evans, T. V. (Trevor Vivian)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subjects:	Bible. > Pentateuch. > Greek > Versions > Septuagint. Bible. > Pentateuch Greek language, Biblical > Foreign elements > Hebrew. Hebrew language > Influence on Greek, Biblical. Hébreu (Langue) > Influence sur le grec biblique. Hebrew language > Influence on Greek, Biblical Greek language, Biblical > Foreign elements > Hebrew Languages & Literatures. Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

1. General introduction
I. The Greek and Hebrew verbal systems.
2. Aspectology, related issues, and the Greek verb.
3. Comparative analysis of the Greek and Hebrew verbal systems
II. The Greek-Hebrew matches.
4. Preliminary questions concerning Greek-Hebrew comparisons.
5. Data and interpretation
III. Detailed studies.
6. The perfect system.
7. The optative mood.
8. Relative frequencies of imperfect and aorist indicatives.
9. Periphrastic tense forms.
10. General conclusion
App. 2. Changes to the CATSS verb counts
App. 3. Hebrew-Greek matches: MT verbal forms matched by Greek verbal forms in the Pentateuch
Index Nominum el Rerum.