The Biblical Hebrew Verbal System with John Cook (Asbury Theological Seminary)

In this episode of the Biblical Languages Podcast, Kevin Grasso interviews John Cook on the Biblical Hebrew verbal system.

You can listen here: https://biblingo.org/blog/the-biblical-hebrew-verbal-system-with-john-cook/

John Cook (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is a Professor of Old Testament and the Director of Hebrew Instruction at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is the author of several publications, including "Time and the Hebrew Verb: the Expression of Tense, Aspect, and Modality in Biblical Hebrew" (Eisenbrauns, 2012), "Beginning Biblical Hebrew: A Grammar and Illustrated Reader" (co-authored with Robert D. Holmstedt; Baker 2013), and "Intermediate Biblical Hebrew: A Grammar and Illustrated Reader" (co-authored with Robert D. Holmstedt; Baker forthcoming).

Here's a snapshot of what you can expect in this conversation:

• An overview of the Biblical Hebrew verbal system and key debates going on in the field
• How key linguistic categories like tense, aspect, and modality can help inform our understanding of the Biblical Hebrew verbal system
• An overview of Cook's analysis of the Biblical Hebrew system
• Why an understanding of the Biblical Hebrew verbal system matters for exegesis

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