In this volume, Ken M. Penner uses an empirical method to establish that the Qumran authors' selection of finite verb forms is determined not by aspect, but by tense or modality.

Ken M. Penner, Ph.D. (2006, McMaster University), is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at St. Francis Xavier University. He is also writing a commentary on Greek Isaiah for Brill's Septuagint Commentary Series.