Re: Inceptive aorist: questionable textbook example?

From: Alan Repurk (lars@repurk.mw.com)
Date: Mon Dec 30 1996 - 19:50:47 EST


Jonathan Robie wrote:
>
> I have a textbook which uses the following sentence in an exercise:
>
> hO IHSOUS hO DIDASKALOS hUPHGAGE EIS THN IOUDAIAN EREMON; TOTE EDIDAXE MET
> ANQRWPWN AUTOU.
>
> The answer key interprets the aorist EDIDAXE as an inceptive aorist: "he
> began to teach". I don't understand why the aorist here should be
> interpreted as inceptive. Is there a reason to do so?
>
> Jonathan
 
I will stick my neck out here and guess that the TOTE 'then' fixes a
point in time from which the teaching begins. I have found a number of
real life examples like Mt 13:54.

-lars



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