Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

I just read the following statement in A. Niccacci, "Analyzing 
Biblical Hebrew Poetry" (JSOT 74:78).  He says that one of the 
"main characteristics of poetry versus prose" is a "non-detectable 
versus detectable verbal system."  Looking at the other 
characteristics he lists, it's clear that he is saying poetry has a non-
detectable verbal system.  It seems to me that if he is correct, then 
poetry is definitely not the place to look in our quest to understand 
the verbal system.  I'm wondering what everyone else thinks of this 
statement, and why.

Dave Washburn
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