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by Alan Patterson
July 9th, 2012, 12:56 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Rev 13.18 antecedent question
Replies: 10
Views: 2136

Re: Rev 13.18 antecedent question

ωδε η σοφια εστιν ο εχων νουν ψηφισατω τον αριθμον του θηριου αριθμος γαρ ανθρωπου εστιν και ο αριθμος αυτου εξακοσιοι εξηκοντα εξ Yes, you are correct, sorry, most read "his." According to the parsing of this text at http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~fisher/gnt/, it lists both θηριου and αυ...
by Alan Patterson
July 9th, 2012, 7:09 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Rev 13.18 antecedent question
Replies: 10
Views: 2136

Rev 13.18 antecedent question

ωδε η σοφια εστιν ο εχων νουν ψηφισατω τον αριθμον του θηριου αριθμος γαρ ανθρωπου εστιν και ο αριθμος αυτου εξακοσιοι εξηκοντα εξ What is the antecedent to αυτου? Based on all translations, it is θηριου instead of ανθρωπου. What grammatical principle is at play that has this pronoun's antecedent by...
by Alan Patterson
July 2nd, 2012, 6:12 am
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: 2 Cor 9:7 ἀγαπᾷ Gnomic or Progressive
Replies: 7
Views: 2855

Re: 2 Cor 9:7 ἀγαπᾷ Gnomic or Progressive

Out of curiosity, is not Gnomic or Progressive (or other categories, Ingressive, Constative, etc.) issues related to translation rather than Grammar or Syntax?
by Alan Patterson
May 21st, 2012, 12:50 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: The Term Aktionsart
Replies: 40
Views: 18494

Re: The Term Aktionsart

The label 'layers' is used to denote SEPARATE and DISTINCT strata of something. They remain layers and do not intermingle, otherwise they cease being layers. Would it make sense to recommend a term that allows for the resultant "mixing" of the "layers" to form a unit of thought. ...
by Alan Patterson
May 15th, 2012, 7:34 am
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: The Term Aktionsart
Replies: 40
Views: 18494

Re: The Term Aktionsart

Can anyone critique my understanding of Lexical, Grammatical, and Contextual Aspects. Lexical Aspect deals with the inherent features of a given verbal root (the LU in LUW). Grammatical Aspect deals with the Tenses (the LU W of LU; the 7 choices of how to portray the verbal idea, such as Imperfect, ...
by Alan Patterson
May 6th, 2012, 1:54 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: The Term Aktionsart
Replies: 40
Views: 18494

Re: The Term Aktionsart

Does the proposed definition of Aktionsart "actuality" mean What Actually Took Place (is taking place, will, etc.)? Since writers of the story can present the events from their perspective (lexical and grammatical combination), is "actuality" mean also The Actual Event independen...
by Alan Patterson
April 8th, 2012, 10:08 am
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: The Instantaneous Imperfect???
Replies: 25
Views: 10765

Re: The Instantaneous Imperfect???

Mark 4:9 καὶ ἔλεγεν· ὃς ἔχει ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω. And he said, “Let the one who has ears to hear [with] listen!” First, I see no reason for the [with] embedded into this statement. It makes perfect since in both Greek and English if left out. However, I would embed a word at the beginning. I would ...
by Alan Patterson
April 4th, 2012, 7:25 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Mark 11:3 ἀποστέλλει
Replies: 10
Views: 3605

Re: Mark 11:3 ἀποστέλλει

RandallButh » April 2nd, 2012, 9:21 answered this question from Brett: Isn't this simply a Present Tense to draw attention to the fact that the return of the colt is even now in progess. No, unless you invoke a strange sense ''in process'. The colt hadn't been taken yet when the command and statemen...
by Alan Patterson
March 25th, 2012, 10:23 am
Forum: Septuagint and Pseudepigrapha
Topic: Future Perfect forms in LXX?
Replies: 26
Views: 14658

Re: Future Perfect forms in LXX?

May I ask a rather naive question or two about this two-tense designation? How should I understand a Future Perfect ? (what is the difference in translating a Future Passive from a Future Perfect ) How hypothetically would I understand a Future Present (which to me seems equivalent to Future Perfect...
by Alan Patterson
March 25th, 2012, 10:00 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Rev 17:4
Replies: 1
Views: 708

Rev 17:4

καὶ ἡ γυνὴ ἡ περιβεβλημένη πορφύρᾳ καὶ κόκκινῳ, καὶ κεχρυσωμένη χρυσῷ καὶ λίθῳ τιμίῳ καὶ μαργαρίταις ἔχουσα χρυσοῦν ποτήριον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτῆς γέμον βδελυγμάτων καὶ ἀκάθαρτητος πορνείας αὐτῆς I am sure this text has been discussed before but I would like to know about the word ἀκάθαρτητος. I've read...

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