[B-Greek] Periphrastic and Aspect
Curtis Hinson
curtis at curtishinson.com
Wed May 2 23:53:25 EDT 2007
testing...
me2351 at curtishinson.com
Mitch Larramore wrote the following on 5/2/2007 5:46 PM:
> THi GAR CARITI ESTE SESWiSMENOI DIA PISTEWS...Eph 2.8a
>
> "The aspect intended by ESTE SESWiSMENOI covers the
> entire journey (of salvation)" per Paul Jackson. He
> then translates it "For by grace you are being saved,
> through faith."
>
> My Idioms by Porter says the verbal aspect comes from
> the Participle part and the Mood comes from EIMI part.
>
> 1. What is the meaning of a Periphrastic construction
> in general? What does it emphasize?
>
> 2. And, what is the meaning of this particular
> Periphrastic construction... ESTE SESWiSMENOI? Wallace
> says a Present EIMI and a Perfect participle = a
> Perfect idea, but I'm not sure how to understand that.
>
> Mitch Larramore
> Sugar Land, Texas
>
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