This book argues that the verbal aspect of the Greek Perfect is complex, involving not one but two aspects, where the perfective applies to events and the imperfective applies to states.

Autorentext

James E. Sedlacek received his PhD from the University of Manchester, through the Nazarene Theological College, a partner college with the University of Manchester. He currently is Professor of Biblical Languages at Israel Institute of Biblical Studies and Visiting Lecturer at Nazarene Theological College.

Inhalt

List of Figures - Series Editor Preface - Author's Preface - Introduction - Overview of Verbal Aspect Studies as Related to the Greek Perfect and Pluperfect Tense- Forms - A Way Forward - The Complex Aspect of the Perfect Tense- Form in the Pauline Corpus - Comparing the Pauline Corpus to a Diachronic Corpus of Epistolary and Moral Literature - Conclusion - Bibliography - Rationale and Purpose of the Appendices -Chart of Morphemes - Chart of Stem Count - Chart of Stems by Frequency - Chart of Context - Chart of Adverbial Modification of Stative Perfects - Chart of Adverbial Modification of Eventive Perfects - Adverb Frequency Data - Key Adverbs - Chart of Adverbial Modification of Perfects used in Citational or Referential ways - Chart of Pauline Corpus Examples with Perfects - Chart of Analysis Corpus Examples with Perfects - Chart of Selected Verbs Found in the Perfect Tense- Form within the Pauline Corpus Fully Conjugated - Author Index - Text Reference Index - Subject Index.