[B-Greek] Heb 6,4-6
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sun Sep 19 15:52:10 EDT 2010
On Sep 19, 2010, at 3:08 PM, ps2866 at bingo-ev.de wrote:
> Dear Mark and Barry,
>
> thank you for your helpful answers !
>
> In case the theory is true, that Verbal aspect, not time, is the
> fundamental meaning expressed by the Greek tense-forms, then maybe all you
> can say is that the aorists in Heb 6,4-6 expresses perfective and the
> present tense imperfective aspect.
> Do you agree ?
But supposing it is NOT true, what then? But even supposing that verbal aspect
is fundamental to an aorist participle, why should one suppose that it doesn't
indicate time at all?
That is to say, narrative sequence so consistently seems to indicate -- by placing
them initially, actions that are necessarily prior to the action of the main verb,
it's hard to suppose this is not a deliberate narrative strategy based upon standard
usage of aorist participles. I think that a quick scan of any chapter of the gospels
or Acts would show this is the case.
CWC
>
>
>> Peter asked
>>
>> <I wonder how the switch from the aorist (FWTISQENTAS k.t.l.) to the
>> present tense (ANAKAINIZEIN, ANASTAUROUNTAS, PARADEIGMATIZONTAS) in Heb
>> 6,4-6 can be explained.>
>>
>> Hi, Peter,
>>
>> Well, I think this is one case where the former participle is meant to
>> imply a
>> prior, one time action, and the later forms are meant to imply repeated,
>> on-going actions. In other words, where the Greek tenses work they way
>> they
>> tell you they work.
>
> I think that we are to understand ἔóôé with ἀäύíáôïí.
> This would make the
> action of the aorist participles prior to the time frame expressed by the
> implicit main verb, and the present infinitive and participles concurrent
> with that time frame. So, I am not sure that "repeated, on-going actions"
> is the nuance intended.
>
>
>
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Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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