[B-Greek] Imperfect and Aorist Tense-Aspects

Barry nebarry at verizon.net
Mon Sep 18 16:43:47 EDT 2006


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> From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org]
> On Behalf Of Don Dwight
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 4:27 PM
> To: B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Imperfect and Aorist Tense-Aspects
> 
> On September 17, 2006, Con R. Campbell wrote:
> "However, many scholars would agree that the verbal system of Greek
> evolved from spatial categories."
> 
> Would anyone care to elaborate on Greek spatial concepts and Greek grammar?
> 
> This home student is attempting to better understand the minds of the
> writers of the Greek New Testament by synthesizing Greek metaphysics and
> Greek grammar, that is, cause and effect, rest and motion, and aspect.


And knowing this won't help you understand and read Greek one bit better, any more than knowing that nice derives from the Latin *nescius* or that Old English was an inflected language helps you learn modern English today if you are approaching it as a second language.  What matters is not metaphysics (especially not) or the diachronic development of the language, but the synchronic use at the time a particular document was recorded.

Concentrate on learning your vocab and paradigms, and spend a lot of time reading Greek, and save metaphysics for your home schooling in philosophy.

N.E. Barry Hofstetter 
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