The range and breadth of Thomas O. Lambdin's interests in Semitic linguistics are reflected in this collection of essays in his honor. Professor at Harvard University since 1969, Lambdin has vigorously scrutinized, analyzed, and written on many of the individual Semitic languages-Hebrew, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Coptic-plus the comparative and historical grammar of the family as a whole. But Lambdin's reputation derives primarily from his teaching, for his most widely used books (Introduction to Biblical Hebrew and Introduction to Classical Ethiopic) originated in the classroom. By training his students not only in the related languages but also in historical grammar and comparative semitics, he has enabled them to use comparative material with first-hand knowledge and critical awareness. The title of this volume reflects Lambdin's awareness that the linguist is frequently working in a field that has no previously established guidelines; the ramifications of this realization are then explored in various linguistic fields by former students and colleagues of Lambdin.

Preface Tributes: John Huehnergard, Richard J. Clifford The Different Traditions of Mishnaic Hebrew - Moshe Bar-Asher Linguistics and Philology in the Study of Ancient Near Eastern Languages - Walter R. Bodine Mot Invites Baal to a Feast: Observations on a Difficult Ugaritic Text (CTA 5.i = KTU The Oldest Phoenician Inscription from Sardinia: The Fragmentary Stele from Nora - Frank Moore Cross Supralinear and in Palestinian Pointed Manuscripts of Hebrew and Aramaic from the Cairo Geniza - Steven E. Fassberg The Targumic Renderings of the Verb l histah wot: A Targumic Translation Convention - David M. Golomb Dialect Distributions in Canaan and the Deir Alla Inscriptions - Baruch Halpern Malahat al-qasd - Andras Hamori The Apocalypse of Hannah: Targum Jonathan of 1 Samuel 2:1-10 - Daniel J. Harrington The Divergence of the Egyptian Suffix Conjugation - Carleton T. Hodge The Cartonnage Case of Pa-di-mut, Harvard Semitic Museum 2230 - Susan T. Hollis Three Notes on Akkadian Morphology - John Huehnergard The Oldest Ethiopic Manuscript (K-9) of the Book of Enoch and Recent Studies of the Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4 - Ephraim Isaac Join the Apiru or Become One? - William L. Moran A Problem of Gemination in the Ethiopic Verbal System - H. Lee Perkins Some Observations on the Sibilants in the Second Millennium B.C. - Lamia R. Shehadeh The Textual Base for the Ethiopic Translation of 1 Enoch - James C. VanderKam Bibliography of the Writings of Thomas O. Lambdin