Biblical Hebrew Forum

[yochanan bitan <ButhFam AT compuserve.com>]

shalom  Haverim

did you get the "verbless clause in bh" book yet?
if so, did you notice the article by walter gross?

he argues at length that the "compound nominal clause" 
[i.e. analyzing a finite-verb clause as a 'nominal clause' 
when it has something other than a finite verb at the beginning] 
scrambles issues. 
as a category it should be "dismissed from hebrew studies entirely".

strong words, but they make eminent sense within general linguistics. 
 
meanwhile, alviero niccacci presents a parallel article that can be classed
as a rebuttal.

is there a consensus?

randall buth