[B-Greek] 1 Peter 1:15
Eddie Mishoe
edmishoe at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 30 19:28:21 EST 2004
Jim:
You wrote:
> Ray Summers, Essentials of New Testament Greek, p.
> 50. "Deponent verbs are
> verbs which appear in the middle or passive form but
> are active in function".
I really think this is the definition of the "old
school."
My question is this: can you provide verification for
this? We've all read this is Greek Grammar books but
I've yet to see it verified. Have you done any study
to this end or were you just quoting Summers? The
reason I ask is because I did a quick study at one
time and most of the "active" functions seemed better
if taken as "middle."
Thanks,
Eddie
--- Jim West <jwest at highland.net> wrote:
> At 11:27 AM 12/30/2004, you wrote:
>
> >Jim, concerning your claim that deponents "should
> >generally be translated active..." I wonder if you
> >could produce a few examples where the Middle Voice
> >should be rejected on grammatical grounds for the
> >Active Voice. I had actually thought to do this
> before
> >but it appears you've already beat me to it.
> >
> >=====
>
>
> Ray Summers, Essentials of New Testament Greek, p.
> 50. "Deponent verbs are
> verbs which appear in the middle or passive form but
> are active in function".
>
> Best
>
> Jim
>
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++
> Jim West, ThD
>
> http://web.infoave.net/~jwest Biblical Studies
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> Theology Weblog
>
>
>
>
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