Acknowledgements

Many people were involved in the process of getting this volume to print. Special thanks to the collaborating editors, Yael Reshef and Eitan Grossman of Hebrew University, Jerusalem, who reviewed and revised the chapters in Part I, Ora R. Schwarzwald of Bar Ilan University helped with several of the chapters in Part II, and Bracha Nir of the University of Haifa worked on editing of Part III. Thanks, too, to other contributors to the volume who cooperated in the review process – Shmuel Bolozky, Rivka Halevy, and Nurit Melnik – and to scholars in Israel and abroad who gave of their time and expertise to serve as external reviewers: Michel Achard, Laurie Bauer, Geert Booij, Eran Cohen, Ohad Cohen, Bernard Comrie, Gabi Danon, Gonen Dori Hacohen, Roey Gafter, Tom Givón, John Huehnergard, Shlomo Izre’el, Francesca Masini, Olli Silvennoinen, Julia Snell, and Amir Zeldes. At Tel Aviv University, I am grateful to Elitzur Dattner who, together with the devoted and meticulous work of Gaia Steinberg, Netanel Dahan, and Sarah Winkler, readied the manuscripts for publication. Last but by no means least, none of this could have happened without the efficient and thoughtful professionalism and cooperation of the team at Benjamins, headed by the inimitable Kees Vaes ably assisted by Patricia Leplae.