The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Rothberg International School for Overseas Students

Division of Graduate Studies

The Book of Qohelet and its Status within Wisdom Literature

Fall 2012
Prof. Avi Hurvitz

Commentaries on Qoheleth
a. Barton J.L., A critical and exegetical commentary on the book of Ecclesiastes,
Edinburg 1908 (1959) [=ICC] Overseas Library 221.15 I61
b. Crenshaw J.L., Ecclesiastes: A Commentary, London 1988 [=OTL] Main
Library BS 1545.3 C72
c. Ginsburg C.D., The Song of Songs and Coheleth, 1851 (1970) [The Library of
Biblical Studies] Overseas Library 224.47 G493
d. Gordis R., Koheleth The Man and his World3, New York 1968 Overseas
Library 224.715 G661
e. Schoors A., The Preacher Sought to find Pleasing Words A Study of the
Language of Qoheleth, Part I, Leuven 1992 Main Library BS 1545.2 S36
Part II: Vocabulary, Leuven - Paris - Dudley, MA, 2004
f. Seow C.L., Ecclesiastes, New York1997 [=The Anchor Bible 18C] Overseas
Library 221.7=2 A538

Scholarly Literature / .
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Overseas Library
492.47 B458 (60-94
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Overseas Library 492.409H816 (13-63 ' ,"
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Main Library PJ 4900 K88 (70
[ An Engish version: E.Y. Kutcher, The Language and Linguistic Background of the Isaiah
Scroll (1QISa) 1979] Main Library PJ 4900 K883

4. R. Bergey, The Book of Esther Its place in the Linguistic Milieu of Post-Exilic Biblical
Hebrew Prose: A Study in Late Biblical Hebrew, University Microfilms International, 1983
National Library
5. A. Hurvitz, A Linguistic Study of the Relationship between the Priestly Code and the Book of
Ezekiel A New Approach to an Old Problem, 1982 [=CRB XX] Overseas Library 223.17
H967
6. A. Kropat, Die Syntax des Autors der Chronik verglichen mit der seiner Quellen, 1902
[=BZAW XVI] Main Library PJ 4711 K76 (169399)
7. A. Senz-Badillos, A History of the Hebrew Language, 1993, pp. 112-160 (esp. 112-129)
Overseas Library 492.409 S127
8. E.Y. Kutcher, A History of the Hebrew Language, 1982, pp. 81-114 (esp. 81-86) Overseas
Library 492.409 K97
9. R. Polzin, Late Biblical Hebrew Toward an Historical Typology of Biblical Hebrew Prose,
1976 [=HSM 12] Main Library BS 1171.2 P64
10. M.F. Rooker, Biblical Hebrew in Transition the Language of the Book of Ezekiel, 1990
[=JSOT Suppl. Series 90] Overseas Library 223.715 R777
11. M. Wagner, Die Lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen
Hebrisch, 1966 [=BZAW 96] Main Library PJ 4544 W25 L4

:ARTICLES /
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5. J.A. Fitzmyer, The Languages of Palestine in the First Century A.D., CBQ 32 (1970), pp.
501-531 ERESERVE 001417588
6. A. Hurvitz, Continuity and Innovation in Biblical Hebrew the Case of Semantic Change
in Post-Exilic Writing, Abr Nahrain Suppl. 4 (1995), pp. 1-10 ERESERVE 001224831

7. S. Morag, Qumran Hebrew: Some Typological Observations, VT 38 (1988), pp. 148-164

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8. J. Naveh and J.C. Greenfield, in: W.D. Davies and L. Finkelstein (eds.), Hebrew and
Aramaic in the Persian Period, The Cambridge History of Judaism, Vol. 1, 1984, pp. 115129 Overseas Library 933.02 C178
9. Ch. Rabin, Hebrew and Aramaic in the First Century in: S. Safari (ed.), The Jewish

People on the First Century, Vol. 2, Assen/Amsterdam 1976, pp. 1007-1039

Overseas Library 933.13 S128

10. M.F. Rooker, The Diachronic Study of Biblical Hebrew, JNSL 14 (1988), pp. 199-214
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Texts and Sources / .

Texts and Documents from the Judean Desert /

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[A.M. Haberman, Megillot Midbar Yehuda The Scrolls from the Judean Desert,
Overseas Library 229.995 H114

1959]

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[An English Version: Y. Yadin, The Temple Scroll, 1977-1983] Overseas Library
229.995 Y412

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Main Library PJ 4589 I47 T5 (3-310 ' ,""
[=A. Yardeni, Textbook of Aramaic Hebrew And Nabatean Documents from the Judaean Desert
and Related Material, 2000 (Vol. II - Concordance, pp. 3-310)] Main Library PJ 4589 I47
T5

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[ A. Yardeni, Nahal Seelim Documents, 1995] Main Library DS 111.1 Y37
5. Discoveries in the Judean Desert 1955-

Main Library BS 1880 D53 S040

BEN SIRA /
Overseas Library 229.4 S454 ", , " .1
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Overseas Library A168
MISHNAIC HEBREW - TEXT EDITIONS /

1. G. Beer, Faksimile Ausgabe des Mischnacodex Kaufman A50, 1929

Main Library BM 492/M3/K38/1968 or BM 492/M3/K38/1981

IMPERIAL ARAMAIC LETTERS /

1. A. Cowley, Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C., 1923 (1967) Main Library PJ 5208
E4 1967
2. G.R. Driver, Aramaic Documents of the Fifth Century B.C., 1957 (1965) Main Library PJ
5208 A2 1965
3. E.G.Kraeling, The Brooklyn Museum Aramaic Papyri, 1953 Arc. Library ARC 2730.KRA

ARAMAIC TRAGUMS /
1. A. Sperber, The Bible in Aramaic, 1959-1973
2. E.G. Clarke, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan of the Pentateuch: Texts and Concordance, 1984 Main
Library BS 1224 A74 C5

3. A. Dez Macho, Neophyti 1, 1968-1979 Main Library BS 1224/A77/M3

EPIGRAPHICAL INSCRIPTIONS /
Overseas Library 492.417 A285 ", , . .1
2. G.A. Cooke, A Text-Book of North-Semitic Inscriptions, 1903 Main Library PJ 3085 C7
3. H. Donner - W. Rllig, Kanaanische und aramische Inschriften, 1962 1964 Main
Library PJ 3081 D6 1966
4. J.C.L. Gibson, Textbook of Syrian Semitic Inscription, 1971(Vol. I Hebrew and Moabite; Vol. II Aramiac; Vol. III Phoenician) Main Library
PJ 3081 G5

Reference Books / .
CONCORDANCES /
Overseas Library 221.33 M271 ", ", . .1
221.33 E93 Overseas Library 1985 , ,- . .2

Main Library BM492.15 K68 "- ", , " .3

Main Library BM 494.15 K68 "- ", , " .4
Main Library BM 495.3 Z9 K68 "- ", , . .5

Main Library BS 1224/A7/K38 "- ", , " .6

7. M. G. Abegg- J.E. Bowley- E.M. Cook, The Dead Sea Scrolls Concordance, 2003 Overseas
Library 229.995(03) A138
8. J.H. Charlesworth, Graphic Concordance to the Dead Sea Scrolls, 1991 Main Library Main
Library BS 1881 C48
9. S. Kaufman - M. Sokoloff, A Key-Word-in-Context Concordance to Targum
Neofiti,1993 Main Library BS 1224 A77/K38
10. K.G. Kuhn, Konkordanz zu den Qumrantexten, 1960 Main library BS 1881 K79
Clarke, Pseudo- - , ; , :cf. also above/
Jonathan;

LEXICONS /
Dic. H:H/B456 Overseas

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2. F. Brown - S.R. Driver - C.A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament,
1907 (1950) Overseas Library 221.3 B877
3. M. Jastrow, A Dictionary of the Targumim. The Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi ....,
1903 (1950) Overseas Library 296.803 J39
4. Ch.F. Jean - J. Hoftijzer, Dictionnaire des inscriptions smitiques de louest 1965 Main
Library PJ 4105/J4
[An English, enlarged version: J. Hoftijzer - K. Jongeling, Dictionary of the North-West Semitic
Inscriptions, 1995 ]
5. M. Sokoloff, A Dictionary of Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, 1990
492.274.32 S683

Overseas Library

6. L. Koehler W. Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament,
1994-2000 Overseas Library 221.3 K77

7. M. Sokoloff, A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, 2002 Overseas Library

492.273.03 S683
GRAMMARS /
1. W. Gesenius - E. Kautzsch, Hebrew Grammar, 1910 (1952) Overseas Library 492.45 G389
2. P. Joon - T. Muraoka, A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew, 1993 Overseas Library 492.45 J86
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Main Library PJ 4900 Q55 D5 1976 (
[An English, enlarged version: E. Qimron, The Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls, 1986 [=HSS 29],
Vocabulary, pp. 87-115 (esp. 87-97) Overseas Library 492.47 Q12