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Verbal Aspect in the Book of Revelation

The Function of Greek Verb Tenses in John's Apocalypse

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The book of Revelation is well-known for its grammatical infelicities. More specifically, Revelation exhibits apparently an `odd' use of Greek verb tenses. Most attempts to describe this `odd' use of verb tenses start with the assumption that Greek verb tenses are primarily temporal in meaning. In order to explain Revelation's apparent violation of these temporal values, scholars have proposed some level of semitic influence from the Hebrew tense system as making sense of this `strange' use of tenses. However, recent research into verbal aspect, which calls into question this temporal orientation, and suggests that Greek verb tenses grammaticalize aspect and not time, has opened up new avenues for explaining the Greek verb tense usage in Revelation. This book applies verbal aspect theory to tense usage in Revelation and focuses on how the tenses, as communicating verbal aspect, function within sections of Revelation.

Introductionp. 1
The Challenge of Revelation's Languagep. 1
The Problem of Verb Tensesp. 3
Summaryp. 14
Method and Approachp. 16
Verbal Aspect Theoryp. 19
Verbal Aspectp. 19
Defining the Aspectsp. 29
Summaryp. 39
Aspect and Discourse Analysisp. 40
Aspect and the Genre of Revelationp. 45
Conclusionp. 46
Verbal Aspect in Revelationp. 49
Introductionp. 49
The Major Greek Tenses in Revelationp. 51
The Aorist Tensep. 51
The Present Tensep. 66
The Imperfect Tensep. 89
The Perfect Tensep. 91
The Future Tensep. 108
Conclusionp. 114
Shifting Tenses in the Apocalypsep. 117
Introductionp. 117
Analysis of Selected Textsp. 123
Revelation 5p. 123
Revelation 7.9-17p. 129
Revelation 9p. 134
Revelation 11.1-13p. 137
Revelation 12-13p. 143
Revelation 17.1-18p. 150
Revelation 18.4-20p. 154
Revelation 19.11-21p. 158
Summaryp. 162
Other New Testament Textsp. 164
Extra-Biblical Textsp. 166
Conclusionp. 169
Conclusion: Verbal Aspect and the Nature of Revelation's Greekp. 173
Bibliographyp. 183
Author Indexp. 193
Reference Indexp. 197
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ISBN: 9789004186682
ISBN-10: 9004186689
Series: Linguistic Biblical Studies
Audience: General
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 204
Published: 26th July 2010
Publisher: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
Dimensions (cm): 24.638 x 16.51  x 1.524
Weight (kg): 0.499