Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Dear Liz,

> We don't have the same view of biblical origins.
> There is no point in discussing this.
>
> I just want to call attention to the fact that one's suppositions
> color one's translations. People think they are being objective,
> but when they turn perfective voice into imperfective out of a
> desire to see the text as prophetic, then what can I say?
> It is eisegesis, not exegesis.

HH: Who said anything about turning the perfective into the 
imperfective? You don't seem to think that the QATAL can indicate 
prophecy, but if so you are just going against well-accepted 
understandings about the use of the QATAL.

                                Yours,
                                Harold Holmyard