Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Symbols

Chapter 1.A Theory of Tense, Aspect, and Modality

1.1.Pre-modern Treatments of Tense and Aspect

1.2.The R-Point and Modern Tense Theory

1.3.A Primer on Aspect

1.4.The R-Point in Tense-Aspect Theory

1.5.The R-Point and Discourse

1.6.A Primer on Modality

1.7.A Model of Tense, Aspect, and Modality

1.8.Conclusion

Chapter 2.Tense, Aspect, and Modality in Biblical Hebrew

2.1.A Primer on the Biblical Hebrew Verbal System

2.2.The Establishment of the “Standard” Theory of the Biblical Hebrew Verbal System

2.3.The Biblical Hebrew Verbal System in Historical and Comparative Perspective

2.4.Biblical Hebrew Verb Theory in the Last Half Century

2.5.Hebrew Verb Theory at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Chapter 3.The Semantics of the Biblical Hebrew Verbal System

3.1.Theoretical Considerations

3.2.The Expression of Aspect in BH

3.3.The Expression of Modality in BH

3.4.The Expression of Temporality in BH

3.5.The TAM System of BH in Diachronic-Typological Perspective

Chapter 4.Semantics and Discourse Pragmatics of the Biblical Hebrew Verbal System

4.1.On Discourse-Pragmatic Approaches to BH

4.2.Some Elements of Discourse Structure

4.3.The Semantics of Temporality in BH Discourse

4.4.The Temporal and Modal Interpretation of Discourse

4.5.Conclusion

Works Cited

Indexes

Index of Authors

Index of Scripture