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  • From: "Barry H." <nebarry AT verizon.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Alleged "prophetic tense"
  • Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2012 10:54:06 -0500

Please send the comments, and thanks.

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N.E. Barry Hofstetter
Http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog

On Dec 1, 2012, at 9:29 AM, "Rolf" <rolf.furuli AT sf-nett.no> wrote:

> Dear Barry,
>
> I agree with you, there is no "prophetic tense." The view was that the
> Hebrew conjugations expressed completed and uncompleted action. However,
> many verbs dis violate these explanations. So, the concept "prophetic
> perfect" was coined in order to explain these anomalous verbs.
>
> I made some comments on this in my dissertation: "A New Understanding of
> the Verbal System of Classical Hebrew An Attempt to Distinguish Between
> Semantic and Pragmatic Factors," Oslo:2005. If you do not have it in your
> University library, I can send you a copy of the comments regarding
> "prophetic perfect." But it would be fine to have this dissertation in the
> library, because it is the only work where all the around 80.000 finite and
> infinite verbs in the Tanakh, the DSS, the inscriptions, and Ben Sira have
> been analyzed.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rolf Furuli
> Stavern
> Norway
>
>
> Lørdag 1. Desember 2012 15:00 CET skrev Barry <nebarry AT verizon.net>:
>
>> I'm writing an essay in response to some people who are seriously
>> misusing the concept. My argument is that it doesn't really exist, not
>> even as a usage. That a particular passage may be prophetic has nothing
>> to do with the particular aspect of the verbs employed, but the context
>> of the passage and how it is then subsequently understood in the history
>> of interpretation (I'm especially thinking of canonical interpretation,
>> but not restricted to that). I'd appreciate any comments on this, or >
>> references to any published discussions beyond the apologetically driven
>> "articles" I've seen on various web pages.
>>
>>
>> --
>> N.E. Barry Hofstetter
>> Semper melius Latine sonat
>> The American Academy
>> http://www.theamericanacademy.net
>> The North American Reformed Seminary
>> http://www.tnars.net
>> Bible Translation Magazine
>> http://www.bible-translation.net
>>
>> http://my.opera.com/barryhofstetter/blog
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