Background
Crawford, Timothy Gray was born on November 19, 1957 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Son of William Joseph and Janet (Waite) Crawford.
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Blessing and Curse in Syro-Palestinian Inscriptions of the Iron Age is an examination of blessings and / or curses in all published alphabetic inscriptions from Iron II (1000-586 B.C.E.) Syria-Palestine. Inscriptions having either blessing, curse, or both (in general or specific forms) have been collected and sorted according to the presence therein of deity names. Those inscriptions which call upon Yahweh, God of Israel, for blessing or curse have been separated from those which call upon other deities and from those which did not contain a deity name. The blessings and curses in these inscriptions have then been compared and contrasted both to each other and the Hebrew Bible in order to show what the various peoples of that area and time meant by blessing and curse and how they expressed these ideas.
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One of the barriers involved in teaching students of Biblical Hebrew about the Masorah is the lack of introductory literature on the subject. Although a lot of information about the Masorah is available in print, most of it is in technical professional journals or encyclopedia articles. Scattered about in disparate sources, often not in English, this literature is easier to ignore than it is to incorporate into introductory Hebrew classes. As a result, most students of Biblical Hebrew complete their studies without any background on the Masorah. This volume fills this gap by providing an introduction and glossary to the Masorah of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. Although the volume could be used by any student of the Hebrew Bible, it is specifically designed to be helpful for students who are just learning Hebrew. Thus it can serve as an important parallel text for second semester or second year Hebrew courses. The introductory chapters give an overview of the field of Masoretic studies and explain the mechanics of using the Masorah of BHS. The annotated glossary provides students with definitions and explanations for most of the terms used in BHS, including examples.
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Old Testament and Hebrew language educator
Crawford, Timothy Gray was born on November 19, 1957 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Son of William Joseph and Janet (Waite) Crawford.
Bachelor, Samford University, 1980. Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, 1990.
Instructor O.T. interpretation, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1988-1990; assistant professor, 1990-1994; associate professor, Bluefield (Virginia) College, since 1994; chair, Bluefield (Virginia) College, since 1991.
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Member Society Biblical Literature, National Association Baptist Professors Religion (vice president 2006-2007), National Association Professors Hebrew.
Married Janet Kline, July 28, 1958.