The Origins and Development of the Waw-consecutive: Northwest Semitic Evidence from Ugarit to Qumran

by Mark S. Smith

116 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1991

About the author

Mark S. Smith is Skirball Professor of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at New York University. He has served as visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. Smith was elected vice president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2009.

Reviews

[Ashley (אהבה) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting and useful to understand a wide range of the theories surrounding the wayyiqtol

[Eric Chevlen · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is rich in evidence but poor in general conclusions. While the author brings evidence of waw-consecutive in Northwest Semitic languages, little information is given concerning how that influenced the development of the verbal form in Biblical Hebrew. This book may be useful for advanced scholars, but not for merely interested dilettantes such as me.