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Document Details : Title: Hebrew Syntax in the Organization of Laws and its Adaptation in the Septuagint Author(s): ZHU-EN WEE, John Journal: Biblica Volume: 85 Issue: 4 Date: 2004 Pages: 523-544 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.85.4.3194439 Abstract : The Hebrew of the Pentateuch exhibits a hierarchy of discourse markers that indicate different organization levels in the legal texts. This organization elucidates the relationship (whether coordination or subordination) of legal stipulations with each other. The markers studied include X + כי + Pred and X + אשר + Pred constructions, כי and אם clauses, as well as a specialized use of the particle הנה. The Greek translators may have been sensitive to the use of these markers and even modified them in order to express their particular interpretation of the text. |
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