[B-Greek] An Accessible Brief Introduction to Greek Verbal Aspect

Brian Abasciano bvabasciano at gmail.com
Thu May 19 15:48:52 EDT 2011


Randall,

It's not a question at this point about recommending something for the best 
understanding of Greek grammar, but for a basic, accessible introduction to 
the aspect only/Porterite view. At some point, students should know about 
the debate and what the Porter camp advocates. So the question is whether 
the article would serve the purpose well of introducing the student to that 
view (which would include the way those with the view frame the issues). If 
one wants to understand a  view, often doesn't one want to hear from 
advocates of that view? Appropriate caveats could be made by an instructor. 
What would you recommend for an accessible introduction to the "aspect 
only"/Porter view? I know Ted Dekker has some introductory level stuff, 
including a summary of Porter's Verbal Aspect in the Greek of the NT and a 
revision of Mounce's chapter in his grammar introducing Greek verbs.

Brian Abasciano

Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 23:56:28 +0300
From: Randall Buth <randallbuth at gmail.com>
Subject: [B-Greek] An Accessible Brief Introduction to Greek Verbal
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<The original article referenced has been lost sight of in the discussion.
That's ok, but I asked some questions of Randall somewhat early on, and I am
still wondering about his opinion as well as that of others about the value
of the article for introducing the basic "aspect only" perspective (for lack
of a better summary term) of verbal aspect. More specifically, is it not a
good recommendation for an accessible introduction to the aspect
only/Porterite view of the issues (to which, again, I do no ascribe),
including its view of the debate itself and how it is to be framed?<

Brian, you can recommend whatever you like.

I cannot in good conscience recommend that paper because it is bad
linguistics and bad Greek, and it does not introduce itself to the student
as either.
It does not point out what is weak or misleading, but implies that
its descriptions are good that the general approach is an improvement.

????? ??????   Your mileage may differ.



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