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["Barry H." <nebarry AT verizon.net>]

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N.E. Barry Hofstetter 
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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
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>> 
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