Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Jonathan Bailey <jonathan.bailey AT gmx.de>]

In fact, I bought the book as a reprint of the third edition with a new 96 
page
introduction by W. Randall Garr, who does a great job of explaining and 
(presumably)
correcting Driver. I agree that it is a great book. In its revamped form it 
had just hit the
stores in 1998, and shows no signs of being a relic. I am even thinking about 
rebuying
the book, as I dropped it in the water while reading in the bathtub.  ;-)




"If there are many wisemen in a city, this means that the city will soon 
fall."
Babylonian proverb

Jonathan Bailey
Hochschule für Jüdische Studien
Heidelberg
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Column/9707/index.html

---------- Original Message ----------

>Dear Clay,

>It is definitely worth $ 10 if your purpose by acquiring it, is to learn
>something about Hebrew verbs. Vincent DeCaen (he is on the list) has shown
>that Driver was a much more original thinker than Waltke/O'Connor portrays
>him. While his model as a whole must be rejected, there are great amounts
>of insights in his book. If you work with the Hebrew verbal system, this is
>a book you *must* have read.


>Regards

>Rolf


>Rolf Furuli
>University of Oslo





>>I saw S R Driver's book on verb tenses (ca. 1870's) at a remainders store
>>last night. It was just one of bunch of Eerdmans titles which were being
>>dumped by Eerdmans which included several collections of essays by D G Dunn
>>on the Incarnation plus a whole bunch of other stuff.
>>
>>I am wondering if this book by S R Driver is worth $10. I suspect it is
>>little more than a qurio at this point in time.
>>
>>Comments?
>>
>>Clay
>>
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>>Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
>>Three Tree Point
>>P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062
>>
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