Verbal Aspect, the Indicative Mood, and Narrative

Soundings in the Greek of the New Testament

• Author(s): Constantine R. Campbell,
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Pages: 285
• ISBN_10: 1433100037
  ISBN_13: 9781433100031
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Bibles / General , Foreign Language Study / Greek (Modern) , Foreign Language Study / Ancient Languages , Language Arts & Disciplines / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics , Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical , Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament , Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General , Religion / Biblical Reference / Language Study ,

Description:... Verbal aspect in Ancient Greek has been a topic of significant debate in recent scholarship. In this book, Constantine R. Campbell investigates the function of verbal aspect within New Testament Greek narrative. He argues that the primary role of verbal aspect in narrative is to delineate and shape the various 'discourse strands' of which it is constructed, such as mainline, offline, and direct discourse. Campbell accounts for this function in terms of the semantic value of each tense-form. Consequently, in the search for more effective conclusions and explanations, he challenges and reassesses some of the conclusions reached in previous scholarship. One such reassessment involves a boldly innovative approach to the perfect tense-form.