Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek (newly updated)

11 11 2008

verbal-aspectSo, a while ago, Jesse Hillman of Zondervan offer to send out copies of Constantine Cambell’s Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek, Zondervan, 2008.  Several have begun to post their reviews!

See the Koinonia blog itself with a list of reveiws and a 5 part series by Dr. Campbell himself.  Part I, Part II.  Keep an eye out for more to come.  Feel free to interact with Dr. Campbell in this series as he does reply! 

Mike Aubrey is the first specifically Greek expert (and Lingusitics) to offer up a review.  So far he put up a Review: Part 1; Review: Part II .  The author Con Campbell, responds to Mike’s first review here!

Donald Kim of “LIfe’s a blur” has a Review.  He also has a discussion going here too.

As does Matthew Malcom – Verbal Aspect in Greek

Michael Hanel, a Classicist, over at the Bible Works Blog also has a two part review going.   Here is the Introduction and here is Part II.  Both of these are quite thorough and detailed. 

There is one over at Idle Musings of a Bookseller too. 

ps, I’ll be adding the Bible Works blog to my blog roll.  I am a big Bible Works fan! 

If you see or know of any more, let me know.

EDIT: I found that Phil Gons also has a reivew up as well.

Brad Johnson writes a review as a guest post for his doctoral mentor, Ben Witherington.

Watch for a forthcoming review too from Rod Decker, who also discusses another work of Campbell’s on Verbal Aspect in relation to narrative.  As does Andy Naselli who also notes the Basics of Verbal Aspect book.


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11 11 2008
Nick Norelli

Ben Witherington asked one of his doctoral students to review the book as well so Brad Johnson’s highly critical and generally negative review is up at the following address:

http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/2008/11/on-conjugating-greek-verbs-and.html

11 11 2008
brianfulthorp

Thanks Nick, I added it.

11 11 2008
Nick Norelli

Did you get a chance to read it?

11 11 2008
brianfulthorp

That’s a pretty tough review – but then Rod Decker effectively comes to Campbell’s defense. I know how to read NT Greek to some degree but am not in deep enough to offer any notable critique (pos or neg) – though no one has answered how or if it can help a Pastor. Obviously this is a debated issue, and perhaps Campbell has provided a means to further work out the issues.

What say you?

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