Sermons in syntax, or, Studies in the Hebrew text

the long version

The present series of studies has been designed as a secondary or supplementary volume to the author's former treatise on Hebrew accentuation. He began with the accents, not because they were of greater interest or value to the Hebrew expositor, but because historically the accentuators preceded and prepared the way for the later theorists and grammarians. As a mine of homiletical suggestion, the accentual system cannot compare for a moment with the ever-varying light and shade of Hebrew syntax. Consequently, if students and preachers have profited in any measure from the homiletical hints provided in "Sermons in Accents," they may rest assured that in the sphere of Hebrew grammar we enter upon a field of biblical exposition that is far more fruitful and suggestive. We offer them, in addition to a sufficiently accurate account of the Hebrew tenses and moods, a second sheaf of expository outlines -- persuaded, so rich and varied is this practical side of Hebrew syntax, that they who deal with the minutiae of the text will never lack sermons. - Preface.