The Intersection of Text, Grammar, and Translation of the Hebrew Bible

Michael B. Shepherd

doi:10.2478/perc-2025-0006

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The Intersection of Text, Grammar, and Translation of the Hebrew Bible

Perichoresis

Volume 23 (2025): Issue 1 (February 2025)

By: Michael B. Shepherd

Open Access

|Mar 2025

Abstract

Abstract:

This article is an interdisciplinary study that examines the intersection of textual, grammatical, and translational issues across the biblical Hebrew canon. The examples come from instances of introduction to direct discourse, warning passages, and the signaling of background information.

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