I would agree with Joosten's assessment in " Do the Finite Verbal Forms in Biblical Hebrew Express Aspect?" JANES 29 (2002; http://www.jstor.org/stable/1455404 ). "In light of these diverging views, no consensus can be said to exist. Nevertheless, the theory according to which the verbal forms of BH have an aspectual function is by far the most influential one" (50).
I would nominate Garr's introduction as a description that comes close to a conventional view these days. Garr, W. Randall. 1998. ‘Driver’s Treatise and the Study of Hebrew: Then and Now’. In A Treatise on the Use of the Tenses in Hebrew and Some Other Syntactical Questions, by Samuel R. Driver, xviii-lxxxvi. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. http://books.google.ca/books?id=v9c3uksXdDEC&pg=PR18 Ken M. Penner, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Religious Studies 2329 Notre Dame Avenue, 409 Nicholson Tower St. Francis Xavier University Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5 Canada (902)867-2265 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rolf Furuli Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 10:41 AM To: B-Hebrew Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Tenses in Isaiah 44:24 Dear Ken, Reading your article did not help, so I repeat my questions: "What is the "conventional" view of the Hebrew "tenses"? And who are the scholars who hold this conventional view? Best regards, Rolf Furuli Stavern Norway Torsdag 26. September 2013 13:42 CEST skrev Ken Penner <[email protected]>: > For those interested, my article "Verbal System, History of the > Research" in Brill's Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics > can be accessed at > http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-hebrew-l > anguage-and-linguistics/verbal-system-history-of-the-research-COM_0000 > 0194?s.num=1 A complete draft is available at > http://www.academia.edu/4271352/History_of_the_Research_on_the_Hebrew_ > Verbal_System > > I hope this helps, > Ken > > Ken M. Penner, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Religious Studies > 2329 Notre Dame Avenue, 409 Nicholson Tower St. Francis Xavier > University Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5 Canada > (902)867-2265 > [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rolf Furuli > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 3:46 AM > To: B-Hebrew > Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Tenses in Isaiah 44:24 > > > > Dear Ken, > > > What is the "conventional" view of Hebrew of Hebrew "tenses"? And who are the > scholars who hold this conventional view? > > > > > > I should caution you, though, that Karl’s views on Hebrew tenses are > > unconventional. > > > > Ken M. Penner, Ph.D. > > Associate Professor, Religious Studies > > 2329 Notre Dame Avenue, 409 Nicholson Tower St. Francis Xavier > > University Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5 Canada > > (902)867-2265 > > [email protected] > > > > > Best regards > > > Rolf Furuli > Stavern > Norway > _______________________________________________ > 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
