[B-Greek] Aspect of KATALLASSWN in 2Cor 5,19
Michael Aubrey
mga318 at yahoo.com
Sat Sep 26 21:16:56 EDT 2009
Peter
When you say "aspect" are you referring to Aspect as a grammatical category? Or "aspect" as a perspective from which one might might view a given subject?
In terms of Aspect the grammatical category, your only options are Perfective ("Aorist"), Imperfective ("Present" and "Imperfect"), & Stative* (Perfect and Pluperfect).
*Stative as an aspectual label for the Perfect & Pluperfect is
somewhat debated (only by a few). But everything else is thoroughly agreed upon.
So since this is a "Present tense," it is imperfective.
"present" indicative = +imperfective & +present time.
"present" anything else = just +imperfective
As for "aspect" as perspective for interpreting/translating the clause, I don't really know what to tell you. I don't really think those kinds of labels are terribly helpful. I would simply say that when God was in Christ, the event was currently in progress without reference to the beginning or the end. But that isn't so much an interpretive claim. It's simply what Imperfective Aspect as a grammatical category conveys.
Mike Aubrey
http://evepheso.wordpress.com
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From: Peter Streitenberger <ps2866 at bingo-ev.de>
To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 10:31:53 AM
Subject: [B-Greek] Aspect of KATALLASSWN in 2Cor 5,19
Dear Friends,
in 2Cor 5,19a we read: "hWS hOTI QEOS HN EN CRISTW KOSMON KATALLASSWN hEAUTW"
I ask myself, what aspect the Present Participle KATALLASSWN expresses (maybe a gnomic idea) ?
Thank you for any help
Peter, Germany
www.streitenberger.com
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