[B-Greek] Second attempt - On Aspect
Con R. Campbell
concampbell at mac.com
Fri Apr 27 20:43:55 EDT 2007
I think that is correct.
Con Campbell
Moore College, Sydney
On 28/04/2007, at 7:51 AM, Mitch Larramore wrote:
> Dr. Porter has a section on Aorist for timeless
> action, and includes these two examples:
>
> Mk 1.11
> SU EI hO hUIOS MOU hO AGAPHTOS, EN SOI EUDOKHSA
>
> Lk 7.35
> EDIKAIWQH hH SOFIA APO PANTWN TWN TEKNWN AUTHS
>
>
> After reading these, it occurred to me that a Present
> Tense may not have been aspectual appropriate for the
> point the writer is making. He did not want to
> communicate an Imperfective aspect in the statement.
>
> How would a Greek make a statement, referencing the
> present/current time, but wanting to do so without the
> accompanying Imperfective Aspect that a Present Tense
> would bring? It seems to me that the Aorist in these
> two examples was somewhat needed due to the desired
> Perfective aspect. (In the archives, some argue that
> such statements as these are not of a temporal
> nature.)
>
>
> Mitch Larramore
> Sugar Land, Texas
>
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