[B-Greek] historical present tense in romans
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
kgraham0938 at comcast.net
Fri Oct 7 13:42:17 EDT 2005
I've thought about that myself, but I think the only problem is that Historical presents are only found in the third person. So I don't think that fits here.
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Kelton Graham
KGRAHAM0938 at comcast.net
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> Dr. Buth, Carl Conrad, and other list members
>
> After studying a healthy stack of both secular and religious books, essays
> and commentaries on the use of Historical Present Tense in many languages
> (including items from a list obtained through this forum) I have found very
> little that directly addresses this subject in the book of Romans. In my
> opinion (and in the opinion of some other sources) the text in Romans
> 7:14-25 is a textbook example of the HPT as Paul refers to his past
> experience under the law. Do you agree with this conclusion?
>
> Obviously the study of the Historical Present Tense opens up a linguistic
> can of worms in Greek as well as any other language because the term is
> applied to a variety of contexts and usages, but I am Referring to the most
> common denominator: a present tense verb expressing a past action.
>
> Joseph Descans
> San Diego, Ca.
> BA / Lit. Point Loma Nazarene University
>
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