Biblical Hebrew Forum

[peter_kirk AT SIL.ORG]

Good idea to study the book in this way. But don't suppose that any 
book will give you "facts" without their own interpretation of those 
facts. In the example given of "perfective and imperfective", Waltke 
and O'Connor's interpretation of the facts is highly debatable because 
of their rejection of the methodology of discourse analysis. Well, 
that's an old argument for this list, but even beginners need to know 
that there are no solid "facts" accepted by all in this area.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re: Directions to Grammar
Author:  mjoseph AT terminal.cz at internet
Date:    22/04/1999 05:26


Tony Starks wrote:

>I'm about to embark on a journey through "waltke and O'connor's 
>Introduction to Biblical hebrew Syntax."...

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One other thing--for grammatical features which do multiple duty 
(perfective and imperfective especially), at the end of the chapter I did 
up a concise outline of the uses of the feature, so I have something like 
a mini-handbook with just the facts (different uses of the "tenses," 
"cases," and stems).

The book is easy reading, with enough illustrations near the beginning 
that I could read parts of it to my wife (who knows no Hebrew). Enjoy!

Hope this helps,

Mark Joseph