Journal of Semitic Studies 65/2

New issue alert           Volume 65 Issue 2   September 2020       Introductory Note       Introductory Note by The Senior Editor     Geoffrey Khan       Articles       The Discourse Functions of Overspecified Anaphoric Expressions in Biblical Hebrew Narrative: Genesis 12‐24 as a Test Case     Ulf Bergström     The Deuteronomistic Endorsement Of Sacrificing Errant Individuals As Reflected By The Hebrew Terms Ḥērem And Biʽēr     Jason Tatlock     Palestinian Amoraic Hebrew As A Living Vernacular: An Indication From Morphosyntax     Ivri J Bunis     On The Etymology Of Biblical Hebrew ⁠: A Contribution to the 'Sin Offering' vs. 'Purification Offering' Debate     Joseph Lam     Towards A Comprehensive Model For Interpreting Word Order In Classical Biblical Hebrew     Geoffrey Khan; Christo H.J. Van Der Merwe     Lexical Root vs. Substantive Root: The Status of the Hebrew Alphabet As A Precursory System for MenaḤEm Ben Saruq's Root Concept     Luba R Charlap     Early Genizah Fragments Of Saadya Gaon's Bible Translation Copied By Samuel B. Shechaniah B. Amram     Tamar Zewi; Amir Ashur     A Neo-Aramaic Version of a Kurdish Folktale     Charles Häberl; Nikita Kuzin; Sergey Loesov ; Alexey Lyavdansky     A Marginal Case of Secondary Opening In GƏˁƏZ     Aaron Michael Butts     The 3Fs Perfect In Omani Mehri     Sabrina Bendjaballah; Aaron D Rubin     A Linguistic Issue In By NafīS AL-Dīn Abū L-Faraj Ibn Al-Kaṯār (Thirteenth Century)     Watad Ali     The Long Perplexing Mīmiyya of Ḥumayd B. Thawr Al-Hilālī: Which Version Is More Convincing?     Ali Ahmad Hussein     A Glint From The Kāmasūtra in al-Ǧāḥiẓ's Kitāb Al-Ḥayawān     Oliver Kahl       Reviews       Wayne Horowitz, Takayoshi Oshima and Seth L. Sanders, Cuneiform in Canaan: The Next Generation2     Ran Zadok     H.G.M. Williamson, Isaiah 6-12: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary     Arie Van Der Kooij     Wojciech Pikor, The Land of Israel in the Book of Ezekiel     Michael A Lyons     Adam D. Hensley, Covenant Relationships and the Editing of the Hebrew Psalter     David Davage     Matthew J. Suriano, A History of Death in the Hebrew Bible     Douglas J Davies     James K. Aitken and Hilary F. Marlow (eds). The City in the Hebrew Bible: Critical, Literary, and Exegetical Approaches     Jason M Silverman     Saul M. Olyan and Jacob L. Wright (eds), Supplementation and the Study of the Hebrew Bible     Juha Pakkala     Kenneth Atkinson, The Hasmoneans and their Neighbors. New Historical Reconstructions from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Classical Sources     Doron Mendels     Ethan C. Jones (ed.), The Unfolding of Your Words Gives Light: Studies on Biblical Hebrew in Honor of George L. Klein     Elizabeth Robar     Eric D. Reymond, Intermediate Biblical Hebrew Grammar: A Student's Guide to Phonology and Morphology     Alinda Damsma     Lutz Edzard, Manuel Sartori and Philippe Cassuto (eds), Case and Mood Endings in Semitic - Myth or Reality? Désinences casuelles et modales dans les langues sémitiques - mythe ou réalité?     Benjamin D Suchard     Hayyim Habshush, A Vision of Yemen, The Travels of a European Orientalist and His Native Guide     Avihai Shivtiel       Short Notes       Geoffrey Herman and Jeffrey Rubenstein (eds), The Aggada of the Bavli and Its Cultural World     Steven D Fraade     Jongkyung Lee, A Redactional Study of the Book of Isaiah 13–23     Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer       Books Received       Books Received For JSS 20-2