So, it is *a fact* that there are no proofs that
WAYYIQTOLs existed before the Masoretes. I did not discuss speculation and
beliefs; I discussed morphological evidence.
Rolf Furuli
It is very much possible that the Masoretes invented wayyiqtol. They had a
good reason to do that.
As I see it, tense forms developed as follows:
- qatal for the past tense, weqatal for the future
- new FT form yiqtol
at that point, there were two forms of the future tense, and one form for
much more common past tense. Someone should have got a bright idea of
developing a form for the past tense symmetrical to weqatal. Thus, wayiqtol
is likely an artifical form.
Could the MT wayiqtols been originally weyiqtols. Very much! ...
A note to Peter: logically, Rolf correctly equates absence of positiveVadim, your idea of science is very limited. This is not how science works. The "speed of light" limit is not an experimental one but a theoretical one.
evidence with negative evidence. That is the way of proof in all sciences
but mathematics. Perhaps some future experiments would invalidate the speed
of light limit, but before that, we take that limit for proven. Science
develops through refutations, not positive proofs.
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