Journal of Semitic Studies 59/2

This feed takes time. If you want to thank me, you can do so with this link

*******************************************************

Browse the list of JSS supplements and purchase online:
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/page/5446/1

*******************************************************

Journal of Semitic Studies Table of Contents Alert
Vol. 59, No. 2
Autumn 2014
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2?etoc

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Articles
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Finite infinite? 'Finite' Uses of the Biblical Hebrew Infinitive Absolute
and their Rationale
Christo H.J. van der Merwe and Alexander Andrason
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 255-296
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/255.abstract.html?etoc

The Origin of the Name Sepharad: A New Interpretation
Mariona Vernet Pons
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 297-313
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/297.abstract.html?etoc

Final Short Vowels in Gə'əz, Hebrew 'attâ, and the Anceps Paradox
Ahmad Al-Jallad
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 315-327
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/315.abstract.html?etoc

British Library Add. 14,493: A Very Early Garšūnī Text
Martin R. Zammit
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 329-356
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/329.abstract.html?etoc

Old Light On A New Problem: The Kalāla Verses Revisited
Yasin Dutton
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 357-376
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/357.abstract.html?etoc

The Life and Works of Al-Nasāʾī
Christopher Melchert
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 377-407
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/377.abstract.html?etoc

Samīr Naqqāsh in His Writings Challenges Existentialist Philosophers with
the Ideas of Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrīʾ
Benyamin Rish
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 409-434
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/409.abstract.html?etoc

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Reviews
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Nathan Wasserman, Most Probably: Epistemic Modality in Old Babylonian
Alexander Andrason
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 435-437
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/435.full.pdf?etoc

Thomas B. Dozeman, Konrad Schmid and Baruch J. Schwarz (eds), The
Pentateuch: International Perspectives on Current Research
William Johnstone
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 437-440
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/437.full.pdf?etoc

Victor P. Hamilton, Exodus: An Exegetical Commentary.
Stephen J. Bennett
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 440-442
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/440.full.pdf?etoc

Volkmar Fritz, translated by James W. Barker, The Emergence of Israel in
the Twelfth and Eleventh Centuries B.C.E.Erhard S. Gerstenberger,
translated by Siegfried S. Schatzmann, Israel in the Persian Period: The
Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.E.
Diana Edelman
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 442-445
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/442.full.pdf?etoc

Jacob Stromberg, Isaiah After Exile: The Author of Third Isaiah as Reader
and Redactor of the Book
William A. Tooman
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 445-447
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/445.full.pdf?etoc

Eulàlia Vernet i Pons, Origen etimològic dels verbs làmed-he de l'hebreu
masorètic: Un estudi sobre la formació de les arrels verbals en semític
Wilfred G.E. Watson
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 447-450
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/447.full.pdf?etoc

Stephen L. Cook, On the Question of the 'Cessation of Prophecy' in
Ancient Judaism
Alex P. Jassen
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 450-452
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/450.full.pdf?etoc

Eberhard Bons and Jan Joosten (eds), Septuagint Vocabulary: Pre-history,
Usage, Reception.
Alison G. Salvesen
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 452-454
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/452.full.pdf?etoc

Jörg Frey, Carsten Claussen and Nadine Kessler (eds), Qumran und die
Archäologie: Texte und Kontexte
Jodi Magness
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 454-456
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/454.full.pdf?etoc

Samuel Greengus, Laws in the Bible and in Early Rabbinic Collections: The
Legal Legacy of the Ancient Near East.
B.S. Jackson
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 456-458
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/456.full.pdf?etoc

Moshe Simon-Shoshan, Stories of the Law: Narrative Discourse and the
Construction of Authority in the Mishnah.
Catherine Hezser
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 459-460
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/459.full.pdf?etoc

Lutz Edzard, Semitic and Afro-Asiatic: Challenges and Opportunities
Edward Lipiński
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 461-465
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/461.full.pdf?etoc

Dan Gibson, The Qurʾanic Geography: A Survey and Evaluation of the
Geographical References in the Qurʾān with Suggested Solutions for
Various Problems and Issues.
Michael Lecker
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 465-467
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/465.full.pdf?etoc

Liesbeth Zack and Arie Schippers (eds), Middle Arabic and Mixed Arabic –
Diachrony and Synchrony
G. Rex Smith
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 467-469
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/467.full.pdf?etoc

Yasir Suleiman, Arabic in the Fray: Language Ideology and Cultural
Politics.
Eirlys E. Davies
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 470-472
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/470.full.pdf?etoc

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Short Notices
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Matthew R. Schlimm, From Fratricide to Forgiveness: The Language and
Ethics of Anger in Genesis
Walter Moberly
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 473-474
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/473.full.pdf?etoc

Laura Feldt, The Fantastic in Religious Narrative from Exodus to Elisha
Francis Landy
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 474-475
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/474.full.pdf?etoc

R. Stoneman, K. Erickson and I. Netton, The Alexander Romance in Persia
and the East
Llewelyn Morgan
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 475-476
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/475.full.pdf?etoc

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Books Received
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Books Received
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 477-478
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/477.full.pdf?etoc

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Index
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Journal of Semitic Studies Volume LIX (2014) Index
J Semitic Studies 2014 59: 481-485
http://jss.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/2/481.full.pdf?etoc

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *