[B-Greek] PEPOIHKEN in Heb. 11:28

John Sanders jfs at jfsanders.com
Wed Jun 6 08:14:57 EDT 2007


PISTEI PEPOIHKEN [MWUSHS] TO PASCA KAI THN PROSCUSIN TOU hAIMATOS (Heb. 11:28)
 
It is obvious that the aorist tense has lost its monopoly and that the perfect tense has gained use at the expense of the aorist.  So the question here is whether the use of the perfect is in an "aorist sense" or in a "perfect sense" (that is as a perfective or as a substantive).  And the only reason that the question comes up is because the paschal ceremony still continues.  
 
I suspect you can read it either way, it will not effect the theme that is being presented.  You may even read it with both layers in mind.
 
John Sanders
Suzhou, China
 
Zerwick-Grosvenor says that PEPOIHKEN, as perfect, refers to "inaugurationof a rite still observed". This seems reasonable to me, but I also findperfect forms tossed in as though they were aorists occasionally in the GNT.Is Zerwick-Grosvenor over-interpreting the perfect here?   Webb Mealy
 
 
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