Conditionals (2)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

If you assent and listen, the land’s bounty you shall eat.  But if you refuse and rebel, by the sword you shall be eaten, for the Lord’s mouth has spoken.  Isaiah 1:19-20  Robert Alter If – Now we know that the poetic context of Isaiah’s opening probably requires nuanced conditionals, not declarative absolutes.  ʾim needs…

Conditionals (1)

BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

If you assent and listen, the land’s bounty you shall eat.  But if you refuse and rebel, by the sword you shall be eaten, for the Lord’s mouth has spoken.  Isaiah 1:19-20  Robert Alter If – Do you remember the examination of the previous verse?  The conjunction ʾim?  Remember that the NASB rendered ʾim as…