[B-Greek] to ponder: Rijskbaron doesn't debate a 'paradigm change' on

Brian Abasciano bvabasciano at gmail.com
Mon May 23 12:18:40 EDT 2011


I saw Mike Aubrey hint at something similar, that it might actually be a 
virtue of Rijksbaron's book (and to clarify, the 2006 edition published by 
the University of Chicago Press, seems to be just a reprint of the 3rd 
edition copyrighted in 2002 with another publisher, J. C. Gieben; i.e., the 
"up-to-dateness" of ther material is 2002, though of course, this allows for 
full awareness of the purported "paradigm-changing" debate). But I really 
disagree. It might be telling that Rijksbaron doesn't even mention the 
debate, perhaps reflecting that such a distinguished scholar/work doesn't 
think the challenge to the traditional understanding is to be taken 
seriously. But it would still be nice if he had addressed it. Not that he 
would have to address it throughout the book. But it would have been nice if 
he had treated the debate at some point, perhaps in an appendix, laying out 
the aspect only view some have put forth and why it is not tenable.

God bless,

Brian Abasciano


Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 16:50:55 +0300
From: Randall Buth <randallbuth at gmail.com>
Subject: [B-Greek] to ponder: Rijskbaron doesn't debate a 'paradigm
change' on Greek verb
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It dawned on me that there is something satisfying about Rijksbaron's
syntax that often gets overlooked.

There is no "paradigm-changing" debate mentioned in Rijksbaron 2006,
only a discussion on focus, choice, and definition of terminology. Greek
scholarship advances in its precision and scope, but Greek scholars are
aware that Willamovitz and Rouse were able to correctly read and
understand Greek, not to mention Jannaris and the Greeks.

One item that bothers me about some threads on this list are questions
that cause misunderstandings by their very nature.
Like the proverbial question, 'when did you stop beating your wife?',
posing a question about a "paradigm change" starts on the wrong
foot, skews the discussion, and leads to confused students. Which
generates confused threads.

So it is nice to read a work like Rijksbaron where such a cloud doesn't
hang over the discussion. It's another point to remember for the list
and one that might be more helpful for the new student than
individual details.

ERRWSQE

Randall Buth

-- 
Randall Buth, PhD
www.biblicallanguagecenter.com
Biblical Language Center
Learn Easily - Progress Further - Remember for Life


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