[B-Greek] An Accessible Brief Introduction to Greek VerbalAspect
James Spinti
JSpinti at Eisenbrauns.com
Fri May 13 10:41:03 EDT 2011
There is also a list of reviews on Zondervan's blog:
http://zondervan.typepad.com/koinonia/2008/11/basics-of-verbal-aspect-re
views-list.html
I can't remember anymore if they listed negative reviews, but you will
see that Carl's is conspicuous by its absence :)
James
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[mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Carl Conrad
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 9:10 AM
To: Louis Sorenson
Cc: B-Greek List mail to all; Randall Buth
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] An Accessible Brief Introduction to Greek
VerbalAspect
On May 13, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Louis Sorenson wrote:
> Does anyone know how this recent book by Zondervan lines up with the
current Porter / Fanning debate
> and modern linguistics? There are blurbs on the back by Porter and
Rodney Decker. Even exercises.
> It sounds like Porter disagrees with the author.
>
> Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek by Constantine R. Campbell.
(Oct 2008. ISBN:9780310290834)
>
http://www.amazon.com/Basics-Verbal-Aspect-Biblical-Greek/dp/031029083X/
ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1305289471&sr=8-1
Zondervan did an almost shameless publicity drive on this book,
sponsoring a spate of reviews by people at every level of the spectrum.
I think it's a useful introduction to the issues involved, but my
fundamental complaint about the book is the title: it has no right to be
called a "primer" on the subject as if the dust had already settled and
the perspective here presented were a matter of common consensus.
There is no common consensus but rather a variety of perspectives, some
of the issues being reasonably resolved while others remain
disputed. I personally think Campbell's treatment of the Perfect tense
is inadequate, and many, I think, would question his acceptance of
the "aspect-only" notion of the Aorist (Porter's view) as if it were a
matter of consensus. My own brief review of the work is still accessible
as a 2008 guest blog post at James Spinti's "Idle Musings of a
Bookseller":
http://anebooks.blogspot.com/2008/11/review-of-campbells-basics-of-verba
l.html
A simple Google search will net you lots of reviews from a variety of
perspectives.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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