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by Brett
November 1st, 2011, 5:32 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: 2 Pet 2:1-2 punctuation
Replies: 2
Views: 861

Re: 2 Pet 2:1-2 punctuation

How about a parenthetical remark (see below)? This allows for the full stop "after" ἀρνούμενοι. The play on words being παρεισάξουσιν...ἐξακολουθήσουσιν. For some, the chiastic structure falls between 1a and 1b, which only seems to make the full stop under question all the more odd. 1 Ἐγέν...
by Brett
October 23rd, 2011, 10:24 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Subject subordinate to Predicate
Replies: 6
Views: 3036

Re: Subject subordinate to Predicate

Mike, you wrote: I suppose I can say that I wonder if your tendency to see a closer affinity between the active and the middle than the passive and the middle arises from the tendency of some grammars (*cough* Mounce) to have users treat the vast majority of middles as if they were active. Is Mounce...
by Brett
October 23rd, 2011, 1:13 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Subject subordinate to Predicate
Replies: 6
Views: 3036

Re: Subject subordinate to Predicate

Perhaps I had several thoughts running through my brain, but completely ignore the question: Can the Middles occupy the same Forms as the Passives since they are not "convertible"? I wonder if I meant: Why do the Middles occupy....? That is, they have this semantic distinction of non-conve...
by Brett
October 23rd, 2011, 11:40 am
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Subject subordinate to Predicate
Replies: 6
Views: 3036

Subject subordinate to Predicate

I came across a perhaps over simplified chart on the semantics of Voice and wanted to get some feedback on it. My interest is primarily with the Middle Voice. I'll put the chart in definitional form: Active: Subject Subordinate to Predicate, emphasis of Verb/Action located in Predicate, Can be made ...
by Brett
October 23rd, 2011, 10:34 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Brett Williams
Replies: 0
Views: 1186

Brett Williams

I was graduated from Dallas Bible College in 1983 and have been in studies off and on since then. In 2007 I started working with Dan Wallace and CSNTM. In 2008, I traveled with Dan to Cambridge University where I was instructed in how to handle and research ancient manuscripts. I then traveled alone...

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