From: Carlton L. Winbery (winberyc@popalex1.linknet.net)
Date: Wed May 15 1996 - 12:41:43 EDT
Kevin Buchs wrote;
>What is the opinion of the "list community" regarding the "focus on
>connection" understanding of imperfects as supported by James Voelz
>(Fundamental Greek Grammar) and others. In this understanding,
>imperfects are translated in one or more of several ways: continuous,
>habitual, inceptive, conative, repetitive, and emphatic.
>
What Voelz calls conative would probably include APELUONTO in Acts 28:25.
That is the one category that very few grammarians have included in
reference to the imperfect.
Carlton Winbery
Fogleman Prof. Religion
Louisiana College
winberyc@popalex1.linknet.net
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