COURSEWORK HISTORY (GENESIS 1)

Coursework History (Genesis 1)



Coursework History (Genesis 1)

I have selected the coursework Genesis 1 for critical comments. Due to the relative simplicity of the verbal system, only two tenses are in Hebrew, present and past. It is as if the Hebrews simplified their thoughts considering whether something does or already completed. All assumptions about the future, where man is concerned, is null, it is unnecessary for a man to say with certainty that he will do something in another opportunity, because he does not know what ' one day may bring forth. The "future" tense is not represented by a form created. But with God's activity, he said "This will be done," though some are the future without hesitation that it can be written as already completed. In Hebrew, therefore, uses the word of God perfect for future actions proposed, the perfect expression prophecy was given to this mode of expression. (Lambert, 1986 292)

But there was sometimes necessary improvements such as perfect. In this case, the absence of a distinct form tense was overcome by a change in word order. For most, it seems that the established order of words was excluded under two circumstances, to the exclusion of poetic license: the first, when a new topic was introduced and special emphasis on the fact was necessary, and second, where the perfect was to be understood. This issue receives considerable attention in the textbooks of grammar and syntax. AB Davidson, in his Hebrew Syntax, addresses this issue in detail and shows how the order of words can be used to indicate that-perfect English. (4) States that this use is more common in dependent (relative or conjunctive) clauses. And having made the remark, he added: "It is of great consequence to observe in the translation." He said that ...