"Reference Time" in Some Biblical Temporal Constructions

This study sets out to explain why Biblical Hebrew distinguishes three syntactically different temporal constructions which apparently have, from a sentence semantic point of view, the same meaning. For these purposes it utilises, firstly, the concept (current) reference time as developed by English...

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Main Author: van der Merwe, C.H.J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 1997
In: Biblica
Year: 1997, Volume: 78, Issue: 4, Pages: 503-524
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