TY - BOOK AU - Khan,Geoffrey TI - The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1 T2 - Semitic Languages and Cultures Ser. SN - 9781783746774 AV - PJ4865 .K436 2020 U1 - 492.4 PY - 2020/// CY - Cambridge PB - Open Book Publishers KW - Hebrew language, Post-Biblical KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I.0.1. Pronunciation Traditions of Biblical Hebrew -- I.0.2. The Bible in the Second Temple Period -- I.0.3. The Bible in the Middle Ages -- I.0.4. The Tiberian Masoretic Tradition -- I.0.5. Qere and Ketiv -- I.0.6. The Accents -- I.0.7. The Representation of the Qere in Written Form -- I.0.8. The Historical Depth of the Tiberian Reading Tradition -- I.0.9. The Prestige of the Tiberian Tradition -- I.0.10. The Internal Diversity of the Tiberian Tradition -- I.0.11. Orthoepy -- I.0.12. The Close of the Tiberian Masoretic Period -- I.0.13. Sources for the Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition -- I.0.13.1. Masoretic Treatises -- I.0.13.2. Masoretic Notes -- I.0.13.3. Karaite Transcriptions of the Hebrew Bible into Arabic Script -- I.0.13.4. Grammatical and Lexicographical Texts -- I.0.13.5. Commentaries on Sefer Yeṣira -- I.0.13.6. Non-Standard Tiberian Systems of Vocalization -- I.0.13.7. The Tiberian Reading Tradition in Babylonian Vocalization -- I.0.13.8. Tiberian Signs Used to Represent Other Languages -- I.1. Consonants -- I.1.1. �Alef -- I.1.2. Bet -- I.1.3. Gimel -- I.1.4. Dalet -- I.1.5. He -- I.1.6. Vav -- I.1.7. Zayin -- I.1.8. Ḥet -- I.1.9. Ṭet -- I.1.10. Yod -- I.1.11. Kaf -- I.1.12. Lamed -- I.1.13. Mem -- I.1.14. Nun -- I.1.15. Samekh -- I.1.16. ʿAyin -- I.1.17. Pe -- I.1.18. Ṣade -- I.1.19. Qof -- I.1.20. Resh -- I.1.21. Sin -- I.1.22. Shin -- I.1.23. Tav -- I.1.24. Consonant Phonemes -- I.1.25. Distribution of the Variants of (2abcktz(B -- I.2. Vowels and Syllable Structure -- I.2.1. Basic Vowel Signs -- I.2.1.1. The Qualities of the Vowels -- I.2.1.2. The Terms Pataḥ and Qameṣ -- I.2.1.3. More on the Quality of Pataḥ and Qameṣ -- I.2.1.4. The Quality of Qameṣ in Other Traditions -- I.2.1.5. Segol and Ṣere -- I.2.1.6. Ḥireq -- I.2.1.7. Ḥolem, Shureq and Qibbuṣ I.2.1.8. Medieval Classifications of Vowels -- I.2.2. Vowel Length -- I.2.2.1. General Principles -- I.2.2.2. Stressed Syllables -- I.2.2.3. Open Unstressed Syllables -- I.2.2.4. Closed Unstressed Syllables -- I.2.3. Vowel Phonemes -- I.2.3.1. Vowel Phonemes with a Specified Length Feature -- I.2.3.2. Vowel Phonemes without a Specified Length Feature -- I.2.4. Long Vowels in Closed Syllables -- I.2.5. Shewa and Ḥaṭef Vowels -- I.2.5.1. Principles of Phonetic Realization and Graphical Marking -- I.2.5.2. Syllabification and Metrical Structure -- I.2.5.3. Phonological Principles -- I.2.5.4. Ḥaṭef Signs on Guttural Consonants -- I.2.5.5. Ḥaṭef Signs on Non-Guttural Consonants -- I.2.5.6. Silent Shewa after a Long Vowel -- I.2.5.7. Vocalic Shewa after a Long Vowel -- I.2.5.8. Vocalic Shewa after Short Vowel Phonemes -- I.2.5.9. Marking of Shewa at the End of a Word -- I.2.6. Syllabification and Metrical Structure of Word-final Syllables -- I.2.7. Lexical Ḥaṭef Vowels -- I.2.8. Variation in the Duration of Long Vowels -- I.2.8.1. Syllables with the Main Stress and Unstressed Syllables -- I.2.8.2. Syllables with the Secondary Stress -- I.2.9. Shewa Gaʿya -- I.2.10. Metrical Epenthesis -- I.2.11. Maqqef -- I.2.12. Further Cases of Second Accents in a Word on Closed Syllables with Short Vowels -- I.3. Dagesh and Rafe -- I.3.1. Dagesh -- I.3.1.1. Preliminary Remarks -- I.3.1.2. Morphological Gemination -- I.3.1.3. Dagesh to Distinguish Meaning -- I.3.1.4. Gemination Resulting from Assimilation -- I.3.1.5. Gemination to Preserve High Lexical Vowels -- I.3.1.6. Gemination of a Consonant in Place of Vowel Lengthening -- I.3.1.7. Gemination Associated with Stress -- I.3.1.8. Gemination after a Prefix -- I.3.1.9. Gemination at Word Boundaries (Deḥiq) -- I.3.1.10. The Distribution of the Fricative and Stop Variants of the Letters (2abcktz.(B; I.3.1.11. Orthoepic Uses of Dagesh -- I.3.1.12. Dagesh in the Word (2aAzKDim(B -- I.3.1.13. Loss of Gemination -- I.3.1.14. Erroneous Printing of Dagesh in BHS -- I.3.2. Rafe -- I.3.3. Dagesh and Rafe in Manuscripts with Non-Standard Tiberian Vocalization -- I.4. Reflections of the Imperfect Learning of the Tiberian Pronunciation in the Middle Ages -- I.4.1. Preliminary Remarks -- I.4.2. Consonants -- I.4.3. Vowels -- I.4.3.1. Interchanges of Signs Reflecting a Substrate of Palestinian Pronunciation -- I.4.3.2. Evidence for the Phonetic Realization of Interchanged Signs -- I.4.3.3. Interchanges of Signs Reflecting a Substrate of Arabic Vernacular -- I.4.3.4. Hypercorrect Lengthening of Vowels -- I.4.4. The Reading of the Tiberian Vocalization in the Later Middle Ages -- I.5. Summary of the Tiberian Pronunciation and Sample Transcriptions of Biblical Passages -- I.5.1. Summary of the Phonetics and Phonology of the Consonants -- I.5.2. Summary of the Phonetics and Phonology of the Full Vowel Signs -- I.5.3. Summary of the Phonetics and Phonology of Shewa and the Ḥaṭef Signs -- I.5.4. Sample Transcriptions of Biblical Passages -- I.5.4.1. Genesis 1.1-13 -- I.5.4.2. Psalm 1 -- References And Abbreviations -- Abbreviations -- References -- Indexes N2 - This book presents the current state of knowledge of the Tiberian pronunciation tradition of Biblical Hebrew and a full edition of one of the key medieval sources, Hidāyat al-Qāri� 'The Guide for the Reader', by �Abū al-Faraj Hārūn. There is also an accompanying oral performance of samples of the reconstructed pronunciation by Alex Foreman UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ostimteknik/detail.action?docID=6119556 ER -