Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>]

Hi Steve,

I just saw your post and that it remains unanswered. Sorry I can't go 
into a discussion of this due to time (and my involvement in another 
thread!), but I am able to point you in the direction of where such 
things are discussed. See:

Buth, Randall. 1994. “Methodological Collision Between Source Criticism 
and Discourse Analysis: The Problem of ‘Unmarked Temporal Overlay’ and 
the Pluperfect/Nonsequential wayyiqtol.” Pages 138-154 in Biblical 
Hebrew and Discourse Linguistics. Edited by Robert D. Bergen. Dallas: SIL.

Collins, C. John. 1995. “The wayyiqtol as ‘Pluperfect’: When and Why.” 
Tyndale Bulletin 46: 117-140.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
David Kummerow.


> Could Gen. 1 and Gen 2 possibly both be in sequential order?
>
>
> Pro:
> God created Adam before the beasts, and builded Eve after.
> Gen 1 does not give the details and says that God created man after the
> beasts because man's creation was not complete until Eve was built, 
> and she
> was built last.
> The waw-consecutives in 2:9 & 2:19 indicate that Gen 2 is sequential.
>
>
>
> 2:9 And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim made every tree grow that is
> pleasant to the sight, and good for food; and the tree of life, in the 
> midst
> of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
>
>
>
> 2:19 And out of the ground Jehovah Elohim had formed every animal of the
> field and all fowl of the heavens, and brought them to Man, to see 
> what he
> would call them; and whatever Man called each living soul, that was its
> name.
>
>
>
> Con:
> The waw-consecutive beginning 1:26. "And God said, Let us make man in our
> image, after our likeness; ." means that God created Adam after the 
> beasts.
>
>
>
> Dilemma: If we believe both Gen 1 & Gen 2 to be true, then either the
> waw-consecutive in Gen 1:26 is past-perfect, or the waw-consecutives 
> in 2:9
> & 2:19 are past-perfect. Does anyone know an example where a 
> waw-consecutive
> is past perfect?
>
>
>
> Any thoughts? Thanks.
>
>
>
> -Steve Miller
>
> Detroit
>
> www.voiceinwilderness.info
>
> Many are the afflictions of the righteous, and the LORD delivers him 
> out of
> them all. (Ps 34:19)