The Perfect Storm: Critical Discussion of the Semantics of the Greek Perfect Tense Under Aspect Theory (Studies in Biblical Greek)

Nowhere are the chaotic debates surrounding contemporary aspect theory more heated than in discussions of the theory’s application to Hellenistic Greek, and especially its understanding of the semantics of the Greek perfect tense. This book is a distilled academic debate among three of the best-known scholars on the subject, each defending his own unique interpretation while engaging the other two. The Perfect Storm will prove an indispensable resource for any scholar seeking to write convincingly on the Greek perfect in the future. Cover Contents Series Editor’s Preface 1. An Introduction to the Debate (D. A. Carson) 2. The Greek Perfect: Why It Isn’t (Constantine R. Campbell) 3. Response to Campbell’s Imperfective View of the Greek Perfect (Buist M. Fanning) 4. Why the Greek Perfect Tense-Form Is Stative: A Response to Constantine R. Campbell (Stanley E. Porter) 5. Defining the Ancient Greek Perfect: Interaction with Recent Alternatives to the Traditional View of the Perfect (Buist M. Fanning) 6. Response to Fanning (Constantine R. Campbell) 7. Defining the Greek Perfect Tense-Form as Stative: A Response to Buist M. Fanning (Stanley E. Porter) 8. The Perfect Isn’t Perfect—It’s Stative: The Meaning of the Greek Perfect Tense-Form in the Greek Verbal System (Stanley E. Porter) 9. Response to Porter (Constantine R. Campbell) 10. Response to Porter’s Stative View of the Greek Perfect (Buist M. Fanning) Bibliography Index of Names Index of Scripture "Nowhere are the chaotic debates surrounding contemporary aspect theory more heated than in discussions of the theory’s application to Hellenistic Greek, and especially its understanding of the semantics of the Greek perfect tense. This book is a distilled academic debate among three of the best-known scholars on the subject, each defending his own unique interpretation while engaging the other two. The Perfect Storm will prove an indispensable resource for any scholar seeking to write convincingly on the Greek perfect in the future." --Provided by publisher This book is a distilled academic debate among three of the best-known scholars on contemporary aspect theory, each defending his own unique interpretation while engaging the other two.