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Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek is unavailable, but you can change that!

Verbal aspect in the Greek language has been a topic of significant debate in recent scholarship. The majority of scholars now believe that an understanding of verbal aspect is even more important than verb tense (past, present, etc.). Until now, however, there have been few accessible textbooks. In this book, Constantine Campbell investigates the function of verbal aspect within the New...

consensus as to the difference between the two terms, and it is vital that we properly understand the distinction. Aktionsart refers to how an action actually takes place—what sort of action it is. Aspect refers to viewpoint—how the action is viewed. They are two different categories. Let’s take Romans 5:14 as an example. In that verse we are told that Death reigned from the time of Adam to Moses. The verb “reigned” expresses perfective aspect. This is the view from the helicopter. We are presented
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