Where the rubber meets the road: Analysis of the use of verbal aspect theory in Ciampa and Rosner’s commentary on first corinthians

• Noah W. Kelley ^[1]
  1. [1] Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Localización: Fortunatae: Revista canaria de Filología, Cultura y Humanidades Clásicas, ISSN-e 2530-8343, ISSN 1131-6810, Nº 27, 2016, págs. 53-74
• Idioma: inglés
• Enlaces
  • Texto completo (pdf)
  • Texto completo
• Resumen

  • This article seeks to discern the actual benefits and liabilities of Verbal Aspect Theory (VAT) for NT exegesis by examining its application in Ciampa and Rosner’s Commentary on 1 Corinthians. They apply VAT to four primary areas: the explanation of Aktionsart, time and verb tense, present and aorist imperatives, and the perfect tense. The article concludes that a helpful nuance is gained by the use of VAT, though some need for consistency and clarity remains. On the other hand, VAT may at times result in a flattened interpretation of Greek verbs because in some areas VAT provides limited interpretive options that do not always best explain the data.