[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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