Please send the comments, and thanks. Sent from my iPhone N.E. Barry Hofstetter Http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog
On Dec 1, 2012, at 9:29 AM, "Rolf" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Barry, > > I agree with you, there is no "prophetic tense." The view was that the Hebrew > conjugations expressed completed and uncompleted action. However, many verbs > dis violate these explanations. So, the concept "prophetic perfect" was > coined in order to explain these anomalous verbs. > > I made some comments on this in my dissertation: "A New Understanding of the > Verbal System of Classical Hebrew An Attempt to Distinguish Between Semantic > and Pragmatic Factors," Oslo:2005. If you do not have it in your University > library, I can send you a copy of the comments regarding "prophetic perfect." > But it would be fine to have this dissertation in the library, because it is > the only work where all the around 80.000 finite and infinite verbs in the > Tanakh, the DSS, the inscriptions, and Ben Sira have been analyzed. > > > Best regards, > > Rolf Furuli > Stavern > Norway > > > Lørdag 1. Desember 2012 15:00 CET skrev Barry <[email protected]>: > >> I'm writing an essay in response to some people who are seriously >> misusing the concept. My argument is that it doesn't really exist, not >> even as a usage. That a particular passage may be prophetic has nothing >> to do with the particular aspect of the verbs employed, but the context >> of the passage and how it is then subsequently understood in the history >> of interpretation (I'm especially thinking of canonical interpretation, >> but not restricted to that). I'd appreciate any comments on this, or > >> references to any published discussions beyond the apologetically driven >> "articles" I've seen on various web pages. >> >> >> -- >> N.E. Barry Hofstetter >> Semper melius Latine sonat >> The American Academy >> http://www.theamericanacademy.net >> The North American Reformed Seminary >> http://www.tnars.net >> Bible Translation Magazine >> http://www.bible-translation.net >> >> http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog >> _______________________________________________> b-hebrew mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > > > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
