[B-Greek] A Perfect Imperfect (Was Hebrews 1:6 and 2:5
Richard Lindeman
oblchurch at msn.com
Wed Mar 10 15:05:35 EST 2010
Perhaps HMHN + a noun designating position of office gives to us the
effective equivalent of a performance verb?
Rich Lindeman
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From: "Carl Conrad" <cwconrad2 at mac.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:39 PM
To: "Mark Lightman" <lightmanmark at yahoo.com>
Cc: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>; "Richard Lindeman" <oblchurch at msn.com>
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] A Perfect Imperfect (Was Hebrews 1:6 and 2:5
> On Mar 10, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Mark Lightman wrote:
>> Richard wrote:
>>
>> <How about an iterative imperfect?
>>
>> "I have never been a prophet or the son of a prophet,
>> but I have always been
>> a herdsman and a dresser of figs.">
>>
>> Hi, Richard,
>>
>> Yes, that sounds good to me. My only question would
>> be, do you think the text means to indicate one way or
>> the other whether he is NOW a prophet?
>
>
>>> OUK HMHN PROFHTHS EGW OUDE hUIOS PROFHTOU,
>>> ALL? H AIPOLOS HMHN KAI KNIZWN SUKAMINA
>>> ?
>>> "I didn't used to be a prophet, nor the son of a prophet.
>>> Rather I was wont to be a herdsman and dresser of figs."
>
>
> Just as a matter of definition, can a stative be iterative? I would have
> thought that an iterative would be a verb of performance of some sort.
>
> Carl W. Conrad
> Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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