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A verse-by-verse cumulative listing of all discussions or references to the morphology or syntax ... more A verse-by-verse cumulative listing of all discussions or references to the morphology or syntax of the text of the Hebrew Bible, incorporating the references from Bauer & Leander (1962), Beer (1915), Bergstrasser (1962), Brockelmann (1956), Davidson (1901), Richter (1978-80), GKC (1910), Waltke & O'Connor (1990), Jouon-Muraoka (1991), Jenni (1981), Rosenthal (1961), Schneider (1976), and Williams (1976). Bergstrasser and Richter (GAHG) are here indexed for the first time.

A 64-page abstract of basic syntax of Biblical Hebrew, designed as a vade mecum/enchiridion for s... more A 64-page abstract of basic syntax of Biblical Hebrew, designed as a vade mecum/enchiridion for students of the language.

This copy is for course review only; faculty may download it for personal use. The link is to the publisher's website. Thank you for your interest, and for honoring this request.

An extensive (4000+ items) bibliography on the biblical book of Proverbs, divided topically and b... more An extensive (4000+ items) bibliography on the biblical book of Proverbs, divided topically and by chapter (e.g., Proverbs 1, 2, 3). Nearly exhaustive for publications in English through December 2008.

A discourse-based elementary grammar that uses exercises that are biblical texts, and includes "e... more A discourse-based elementary grammar that uses exercises that are biblical texts, and includes "enrichment" sections (acrostic poetry, hendiadys, the nature of translation, semantic clustering, poetic compression,), as well as two chapters on "pre-reading" biblical narrative and poetry.

Papers by Fred Putnam

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Mar 1, 1999

A 64-page abstract of basic syntax of Biblical Hebrew, designed as a vade mecum/enchiridion for s... more A 64-page abstract of basic syntax of Biblical Hebrew, designed as a vade mecum/enchiridion for students of the language. This copy is for course review only; faculty may download it for personal use. The link is to the publisher's website. Thank you for your interest, and for honoring this request.

... events which they describe can be seen from the inscriptions of Psalms 56-60 (for example). I... more ... events which they describe can be seen from the inscriptions of Psalms 56-60 (for example). It is doubtful that David would have been able to feign the madness described in 1 Samuel 21.13-15 and write Psalm 56 at the same time (cf Ps 56.1). ...

This brief paper reverses the normal practices of textlinguistics, building a narrative from the ... more This brief paper reverses the normal practices of textlinguistics, building a narrative from the actual words spoken, to which are then added quotation formulae, and other ancillary information, as an experiment in reading.

For personal use only, not for commercial sale. Fred Putnam (c) 2006 --FredPutnam.org Preface S A... more For personal use only, not for commercial sale. Fred Putnam (c) 2006 --FredPutnam.org Preface S A RECENT REVIEWER said, and as the flood of grammars since c. 1990 demonstrates, "The writing of Hebrew grammars has become a cottage industry". Why yet another?

Although there are eight basic verbal patterns in BH, 2 more than two-thirds of all verbal forms ... more Although there are eight basic verbal patterns in BH, 2 more than two-thirds of all verbal forms in the Bible are qal, three stems (hitpael, pual, hofal) occur fairly infrequently (less than 3% of all verbal forms). Furthermore, only two verbs occur in all eight stems (ten occur in the seven stems not including qal passive), 3 and most occur in various combinations of two to four stems. 4 1 These are combined with the PGN prefixes of the imperfect (below). 2 The existence of the eighth stem-the qal passive-has been suspected for several centuries, but not confirmed until relatively recently.

HE IMPERFECT primarily refers to the present or future, and the preterite explicitly narrates ser... more HE IMPERFECT primarily refers to the present or future, and the preterite explicitly narrates series of events. Both are "prefix" conjugations. The other main verbal paradigm of BH, the perfect, has an extremely broad set of functions that are both temporal-ranging from pluperfect (in, e.g., narrative flashbacks) to simple past, present, and even future-and volitional (especially as imperative). The main distinction in form between the imperfect and preterite, on the one hand, and the perfect, on the other, is that the perfect uses a unique set of PGN affixes-all of which are suffixes-so that it agrees with its subject.

Thesis Chapters by Fred Putnam

Claiming to be innocent (not righteous), the Hebrew poet calls upon God for justice against his e... more Claiming to be innocent (not righteous), the Hebrew poet calls upon God for justice against his enemies, based on the law of the "false accuser" (Dt 19).

Imprecation and Righteousness in Psalm 35, 1980

In Ps 35, the poet asks God to enforce his own covenantal law against false witnesses (Dt 19); hi... more In Ps 35, the poet asks God to enforce his own covenantal law against false witnesses (Dt 19); his claim is not that he is righteous, but that he is innocent.

A verse-by-verse cumulative listing of all discussions or references to the morphology or syntax ... more A verse-by-verse cumulative listing of all discussions or references to the morphology or syntax of the text of the Hebrew Bible, incorporating the references from Bauer & Leander (1962), Beer (1915), Bergstrasser (1962), Brockelmann (1956), Davidson (1901), Richter (1978-80), GKC (1910), Waltke & O'Connor (1990), Jouon-Muraoka (1991), Jenni (1981), Rosenthal (1961), Schneider (1976), and Williams (1976). Bergstrasser and Richter (GAHG) are here indexed for the first time.

A 64-page abstract of basic syntax of Biblical Hebrew, designed as a vade mecum/enchiridion for s... more A 64-page abstract of basic syntax of Biblical Hebrew, designed as a vade mecum/enchiridion for students of the language.

This copy is for course review only; faculty may download it for personal use. The link is to the publisher's website. Thank you for your interest, and for honoring this request.

An extensive (4000+ items) bibliography on the biblical book of Proverbs, divided topically and b... more An extensive (4000+ items) bibliography on the biblical book of Proverbs, divided topically and by chapter (e.g., Proverbs 1, 2, 3). Nearly exhaustive for publications in English through December 2008.

A discourse-based elementary grammar that uses exercises that are biblical texts, and includes "e... more A discourse-based elementary grammar that uses exercises that are biblical texts, and includes "enrichment" sections (acrostic poetry, hendiadys, the nature of translation, semantic clustering, poetic compression,), as well as two chapters on "pre-reading" biblical narrative and poetry.

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Mar 1, 1999

A 64-page abstract of basic syntax of Biblical Hebrew, designed as a vade mecum/enchiridion for s... more A 64-page abstract of basic syntax of Biblical Hebrew, designed as a vade mecum/enchiridion for students of the language. This copy is for course review only; faculty may download it for personal use. The link is to the publisher's website. Thank you for your interest, and for honoring this request.

... events which they describe can be seen from the inscriptions of Psalms 56-60 (for example). I... more ... events which they describe can be seen from the inscriptions of Psalms 56-60 (for example). It is doubtful that David would have been able to feign the madness described in 1 Samuel 21.13-15 and write Psalm 56 at the same time (cf Ps 56.1). ...

This brief paper reverses the normal practices of textlinguistics, building a narrative from the ... more This brief paper reverses the normal practices of textlinguistics, building a narrative from the actual words spoken, to which are then added quotation formulae, and other ancillary information, as an experiment in reading.

For personal use only, not for commercial sale. Fred Putnam (c) 2006 --FredPutnam.org Preface S A... more For personal use only, not for commercial sale. Fred Putnam (c) 2006 --FredPutnam.org Preface S A RECENT REVIEWER said, and as the flood of grammars since c. 1990 demonstrates, "The writing of Hebrew grammars has become a cottage industry". Why yet another?

Although there are eight basic verbal patterns in BH, 2 more than two-thirds of all verbal forms ... more Although there are eight basic verbal patterns in BH, 2 more than two-thirds of all verbal forms in the Bible are qal, three stems (hitpael, pual, hofal) occur fairly infrequently (less than 3% of all verbal forms). Furthermore, only two verbs occur in all eight stems (ten occur in the seven stems not including qal passive), 3 and most occur in various combinations of two to four stems. 4 1 These are combined with the PGN prefixes of the imperfect (below). 2 The existence of the eighth stem-the qal passive-has been suspected for several centuries, but not confirmed until relatively recently.

HE IMPERFECT primarily refers to the present or future, and the preterite explicitly narrates ser... more HE IMPERFECT primarily refers to the present or future, and the preterite explicitly narrates series of events. Both are "prefix" conjugations. The other main verbal paradigm of BH, the perfect, has an extremely broad set of functions that are both temporal-ranging from pluperfect (in, e.g., narrative flashbacks) to simple past, present, and even future-and volitional (especially as imperative). The main distinction in form between the imperfect and preterite, on the one hand, and the perfect, on the other, is that the perfect uses a unique set of PGN affixes-all of which are suffixes-so that it agrees with its subject.

Claiming to be innocent (not righteous), the Hebrew poet calls upon God for justice against his e... more Claiming to be innocent (not righteous), the Hebrew poet calls upon God for justice against his enemies, based on the law of the "false accuser" (Dt 19).

Imprecation and Righteousness in Psalm 35, 1980

In Ps 35, the poet asks God to enforce his own covenantal law against false witnesses (Dt 19); hi... more In Ps 35, the poet asks God to enforce his own covenantal law against false witnesses (Dt 19); his claim is not that he is righteous, but that he is innocent.