Title: Verbal aspect in New Testament Greek / Buist M. Fanning.
Authors: Fanning, Buist M.
Publisher: Clarendon Press,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Bible. Language, style.; Greek language, Biblical Aspect.
Abstract: This book discusses what verbal aspect is, how it functions in New Testament Greek, and the ways in which it has been treated in the past century. Fanning provides a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of the aspects of present, past, and perfect, and cites extensive sections of New Testament Greek as illustrative evidence. In the process, he proposes a new critical approach that will prove invaluable to interpreters of New Testament texts. -- PUBLISHER DESCRIPTION.
Contents: I. General matters -- A definition of verbal aspect -- The meaning of the verbal aspects in New Testament Greek -- The effect of inherent meaning and other elements on aspectual function -- II. Specific areas of aspect-usage -- The aspects in the indicative mood -- The aspects in commands and prohibitions -- The aspects in the other non-indicative forms of the verb.