Cheryl Schatz

Craig,
You said:

This leaves me in no doubt that with the understanding of the traditional Greek text books “the woman” of v14b would have to be alive at the time of writing.

Good job! I can see that you did your homework. My next post will close the door on the verbal aspect theory so you can see why there is no other way (including the verbal aspect theory) that changes the traditional grammar view. The refutation is very similar to the work that I had to do years ago when the JW’s used the same aspect to try to deny the Deity of Jesus. The conditions surrounding the differing view were not met as they are limited in scope and do not apply. More in a bit when I finish my article.