[B-Greek] APOSTREFW - aktive and middle

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sat Feb 12 10:01:16 EST 2011


On Feb 12, 2011, at 9:47 AM, Mark Lightman wrote:

> <...Despite a dissertation in defense of the doctrine (of deponency) written at 
> Dallas Seminary recently...>
> 
> Hi, Carl,
> 
> Is this available on line?  If not, what is the essence of the defense, other 
> than the very sound advice that it is better to bear those ills we have than to 
> fly to others that we know not of.

The author, in my opinion, doesn't really understand the ancient evidence
(Dionysius Thrax et al.), doesn't seriously engage recent work by Suzanne
Kemmer and Rutger Allan in particular, doesn't talk about my work because
it's unpublished (although readily accessible), and thinks that the doctrine is
serviceable still. That does amount, IMHO, to the "very sound advice" to
which you refer -- with the addendum "nor wish to know."

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)






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