Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>]

>===== Original Message From Jane Harper <jharper AT woh.rr.com> =====
>On another list, I'm watching an enthusiastic discussion of theological
>conclusions reached because of the way vav-conversive verbs at the
>beginning of sentences are translated.  One of the participants makes
>extensive reference to Driver's book, which if I understand it correctly
>advocates an aspectarian view of the verb.
>
>Is there a scholarly consensus about the vav-conversive at this point in
>history?  If so, what is it?

Not really. I think there may be isolated features of its use that find 
general agreement, but there are still several different approaches in 
competition.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics