Proleptic Aorist......Psalms from LXX

Polycarp66 at aol.com Polycarp66 at aol.com
Thu Apr 13 18:33:16 EDT 2000


In a message dated 4/13/2000 4:08:41 PM Central Standard Time, 
peteslev at splus.net writes:

<<  I've just completed a self study with BBG (Mounce) and am proceeding with 
his reader and GGBB (Wallace)
 as grammar.  The explanations of the proleptic aorist still seem to elude 
me.  I wonder if anyone knows of anything similar or analogous in English.  
Lacking; this, perhaps an explanation that was found to be helpful. >>

Did you read this (p. 318)

Finally, we should mention a word about terminology. When the noun (or other 
nominal) that the pronoun refers to precedes the pronoun, it is called the 
pronoun’s antecedent (as in “Bob read the book. Then he gave it to Jane”). 
This is the most frequent usage. When the noun comes after the pronoun, it is 
the pronoun’s postcedent (as in “After he read the book, Bob gave it to 
Jane”). In the latter case, the pronoun may be said to be “proleptic.” 

or (p. 563)


VI. Proleptic (Futuristic) Aorist


A. Definition

The aorist indicative can be used to describe an event that is not yet past 
as though it were already completed. This usage is not at all common, though 
several exegetically significant texts involve possible proleptic aorists.

Wallace, Daniel B., Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics - Exegetical Syntax of 
the New Testament, (Garland, TX: Galaxie Software) 1999, c1996.

gfsomsel



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