TY  - BOOK
AU  - Conklin, Blane 
ED  - 710 2  Aaron Garber Library,|eformer owner.
TI  - Oath formulas in biblical Hebrew
SN  - 9781575062037  
AV  - PJ4707 .C66 2011 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Winona Lake, Ind.
PB  - Eisenbrauns
KW  - Bible. Old Testament
KW  - Language, style
KW  - Hebrew language
KW  - Syntax
KW  - Morphology
KW  - Oaths in the Bible
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-102) and indexes; Introduction. The problem ; Oaths as speech acts ; The general structure of oaths ; Previous scholarship ; Plan - - The authenticating element..Raising a hand ; Invocation of witness(es) ; Swearing ; "Thus will X do to Y" -- Conditionally formulated oaths. Summary of secondary literature on conditional clause syntax ; Special study of conditional clause syntax in 1 Samuel ; oath content introduced by ʼm ; oath content introduced by ʼm-lʼ -- Oaths marked with ky. Summary of secondary literature on ky syntax ; Special study of ky syntax in 1 Samuel ;  oath content introduced by ky -- Exceptions and objections. Oath content formulated in other ways ; Relationship of markers of oath content to authenticating elements ; The alleged function of ky-ʼm as an oath marker -- Conclusions --  Appendix: Other formulas in other Semitic langauges. Northwest Semitic ; Akkadian ; Classical Arabic
ER  -