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
