Abbreviations for Bible Books -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One Introduction -- 1.1 Parenthesis in General Linguistics -- 1.2 General Discourse Studies -- 1.3 Biblical Hebrew Syntax and Discourse Studies -- 1.4 Textual Philology: Interrupted Syntactic Structures as Possible Parentheses -- 1.5 Literary Approaches -- 1.6 Frame of Work -- Chapter Two Parenthetical Clauses -- 2.1 External Expressions Referring to a Speaker, Appealing and Pleading, Affirming God's Existence, Identity, and Status or Indicating External Intervention, and Oath Patterns -- 2.1.1 Reference to a Speaker -- 2.1.2 Appeal and Plea -- 2.1.3 Af?rmation of God's Existence, Identity, and Status -- 2.1.4 Oath Patterns -- 2.2 Narrative Formulas -- 2.2.1 A Formula Introduced by ןכ-לצ/ןכל -- 2.2.2 A Formula Introduced by ירבד רתיו -- 2.2.3 A Formula Indicating a Proper Name, a Month Name, or Related Information -- 2.3 External Information Mostly Expressed by Circumstantial Clauses -- 2.3.1 Examples Introducing Background Information -- 2.3.2 Examples of Foreshadowing -- 2.3.3 Examples Introducing Explanatory Information -- 2.3.4 Theological Remarks -- 2.3.5 Historical Remarks -- 2.3.6 Examples Introducing Other Marginal Information -- Chapter Three Parenthetical Words and Phrases -- 3.1 External Expressions Referring to a Speaker, Observer's Identity or an Individual Standpoint, Epistemic Modal Adverbials, Appeal and Plea, and Address -- 3.1.1 Reference to a Speaker -- 3.1.2 Observer's Identity -- 3.1.3 God's Standpoint -- 3.1.4 Epistemic Modal Adverbials -- 3.1.5 Appeal and Plea -- 3.1.6 Address -- 3.2 Narrative Time Co-Ordinates -- 3.2.1 The Phrases הזה םויה דצ and םויה דצ -- 3.2.2 The Phrase םינפל -- 3.2.3 The Phrases אוהה םויב and םהה םימיב -- 3.2.4 The Phrase אוהה תצב -- 3.2.5 The Phrase המימי םמימי -- Chapter Four Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Citations.

Index of Subjects -- Index of Authors.