tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post6424472611015817856..comments2024-03-29T07:00:09.641-07:00Comments on Foster's Theological Reflections: Leave My "Bara" Alone (Genesis 1:1)Edgar Fosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-14381923592280883312018-05-02T08:08:12.670-07:002018-05-02T08:08:12.670-07:00I agree. It's just that I've had certain S...I agree. It's just that I've had certain Semiticists tell me that Hebrew is tenseless and that scholars are moving in that direction. But nothing is settled as you say.Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-74238066003347634972018-05-02T02:35:53.153-07:002018-05-02T02:35:53.153-07:00https://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/drupal/themes/...https://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/drupal/themes/hebrewgrid/bh/bhonline/grammar/aspect.pdf<br /><br />Seems there is nothing settled about the tense/aspect debate but I was only using it to describe this very point - we do not know.Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546286347333699873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-44302796569801141292018-05-01T17:04:47.278-07:002018-05-01T17:04:47.278-07:00On Neh 9:6, I actually talked about bara and asah,...On Neh 9:6, I actually talked about bara and asah, which Nehemiah uses. See above, but I wrote that bara and asah are sometimes used interchangeably. See Gen. 1:26-27.Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-63443889911118553012018-05-01T17:00:17.267-07:002018-05-01T17:00:17.267-07:00I don't want to have a duel over the tense iss...I don't want to have a duel over the tense issue, but I've noticed that some Semiticists believe that Hebrew is tenseless and that the perfect/imperfect distinction in Hebrew refers to states and not tenses per se. Gesenius is still a good resource but it's dated (I notice) 1909. I don't know if the work will allow you to see pages 566-7 where it says the issue of tense in the Hebrew verbal system "is ongoing." See https://books.google.com/books?id=P9sYIRXZZ2MC&pg=PA567&lpg=PA567&dq=hebrew+language+is+tenseless&source=bl&ots=sDd1yEmIqv&sig=NEIkZtJFoseRh-dqMsGh73EgK5E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBqsu-2uXaAhUSxVkKHbJuBbwQ6AEIgwEwCQ#v=onepage&q=hebrew%20language%20is%20tenseless&f=false<br /><br />Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-25748785848011457442018-05-01T15:51:40.255-07:002018-05-01T15:51:40.255-07:00Neh 9:6 exchanges bara for the same actions in gen...Neh 9:6 exchanges bara for the same actions in genesis.Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509064648619505383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-36782865290188251482018-05-01T15:47:02.729-07:002018-05-01T15:47:02.729-07:00https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Gesenius%27_Hebre...https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Gesenius%27_Hebrew_Grammar/49._The_Perfect_and_Imperfect_with_Wāw_Consecutive<br /><br />Tense is one way to describe aspects of the grammar.Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509064648619505383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-82890062714225981892018-05-01T08:49:11.846-07:002018-05-01T08:49:11.846-07:00You'll have to unpack your question about Neh ...You'll have to unpack your question about Neh 9:6. It discusses various things that God has created. What's the focus of your question?<br /><br />Hebrew has tenses? Context is always going to affect how we understand texts: not only the literary context, but historical context as well. But Judaism has been fairly consistent historically with its explication and affirmation of God as Creator. Maimonides enunciated principles in his Mishneh Torah that still influence Judaism today. One of which is God's creation of the world.Edgar Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280475259670777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13958708.post-22134234669522364202018-05-01T07:48:19.740-07:002018-05-01T07:48:19.740-07:00Neh 9:6 - what is this ancient evidence of?
Perha...Neh 9:6 - what is this ancient evidence of?<br /><br />Perhaps it is only context that may help but I do have to wonder about the fact that Hebrew has only imperfect & perfect tenses. These later commentators may have spoken Hebrew but from the same thinking perspective? Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546286347333699873noreply@blogger.com