Re: Matthew 23.2: EKAQISAN

CWestf5155@aol.com
Sat, 8 Nov 1997 10:26:25 -0500 (EST)

Dear Mark,

One of the main criticisms of Fanning is that he doesn't distinguish between
semantics and pragamatics. That is, he doesn't distinguish between what the
essential meaning of the aorist (semantics) and how the aorist can function
in the with lexus, context and temporal indicators (pragmatics). Carson,
Silva and Schmidt evaluated both Fanning and Porter in "Biblical Greek
Language and Linguistics". Fanning's observations about the ingressive
aorist belongs under the category of pragmatics. In the rudimentary
examinations I have made, applying the principle can cause the system to
drive the interpretation. A very good example of that is Matthew 23:2.

Cindy Westfall
Roehampton