[B-Greek] A Perfect Imperfect (Was Hebrews 1:6 and 2:5

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Wed Mar 10 15:55:16 EST 2010


On Mar 10, 2010, at 2:46 PM, Richard Lindeman wrote:
> Let's take out the perfective sense for a moment...
> "I was never a prophet or the son of a prophet, but I was always a herdsman and a dresser of pigs." 
> 
> I don't think it says one way or the other whether he is now a prophet.  It just seems to be a comment on a past state of affairs.

And what sort of "perfective" sense are we supposing that the verb EIMI should ever have?

CWC

> From: Mark Lightman 
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:23 PM
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org ; Richard Lindeman 
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] A Perfect Imperfect (Was Hebrews 1:6 and 2:5
> 
> 
>      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?
> 
>      Mark L
> 
> 
>      FWSFOROS MARKOS
> 
>      --- On Wed, 3/10/10, Richard Lindeman <oblchurch at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>        From: Richard Lindeman <oblchurch at msn.com>
>        Subject: [B-Greek] A Perfect Imperfect (Was Hebrews 1:6 and 2:5
>        To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
>        Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 12:14 PM
> 
> 
>        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."
> 
>        Rich Lindeman
> 
>> 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." 


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






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