Studies in Semitic Vocalisation and Reading Traditions

Description

This volume brings together papers relating to the pronunciation of Semitic languages and the representation of their pronunciation in written form. The papers focus on sources representative of a period that stretches from late antiquity until the Middle Ages. A large proportion of them concern reading traditions of Biblical Hebrew, especially the vocalisation notation systems used to represent them. Also discussed are orthography and the written representation of prosody. Beyond Biblical Hebrew, there are studies concerning Punic, Biblical Aramaic, Syriac, and Arabic, as well as post-biblical traditions of Hebrew such as piyyuṭ and medieval Hebrew poetry. There were many parallels and interactions between these various language traditions and the volume demonstrates that important insights can be gained from such a wide range of perspectives across different historical periods. Contents Contributors Preface Robert Crellin and Lucia Tamponi - Vowel Quantity and Quality in Neo-Punic and Latin Inscriptions Benjamin Kantor - The Development of the Hebrew Wayyiqṭol Peter Myers - The Representation of Gutturals by Vowels in the LXX Dorota Molin - Biblical Quotations in the Aramaic Incantation Bowls Benjamin D. Suchard - The Reflexes of *i and *u Nick Posegay - Shared Tradition in Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew Vocalisation Aaron D. Hornkohl - Discord between Tiberian Written and Reading Traditions Joseph Habib - Qere and Ketiv in the Exegesis of the Karaites and Saadya Vincent DeCaen and B. Elan Dresher - Pausal Forms and Prosodic Structure in Tiberian Hebrew Kim Phillips - Samuel ben Jacob’s Treatment of Exceptional Vocalic Shewas Benjamin Outhwaite - The Tiberian Tradition in Common Bibles from the Genizah Estara Arrant - Near-Model and Non-Standard Tiberian Torah Manuscripts Plates Geoffrey Khan - The Imperfect Oral Performance of the Tiberian Tradition Élodie Attia - Variants in Ashkenazic Biblical Manuscripts José Martínez Delgado - The Prosodic Models of Andalusi Hebrew Metrics Michael Rand - Marginalia to the Qillirian Rhyme System Index