In Common
Easy-to-read articles and reflections on Biblical Greek (Koine Greek), with a focus on how tense, voice and aspect contribute to meaning-making in the New Testament.
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13. Why does the Greek aorist tense sometimes come out as perfect tense in English? (opens the original)
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Anna Brotherson reads aloud her Substack article, Why does the Greek aorist tense sometimes come out as perfect tense in English? This is episode 13 in the series analysing Koine Greek linguistics.For the written text of this episode, complete with footnotes and artwork, click here.
13. Why does the Greek aorist tense sometimes come out as perfect tense in English? (opens the original)
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For those who prefer listening to reading—who, moreover, prefer listening to a 😍🥰 human rather than a 🤢🤮 robot—I’m recording my articles (including this one), and publishing them here. They should also be accessible through Spotify or your favourite podcast player—just search for the In Common Podcast.Note to new subscribers: If Greek linguistics is not your piece of pie, you can update your preferences to unsubscribe from Language Analysis articles. You’ll ke
12. How my categories of aorist-usage compare with Wallace's (opens the original)
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Anna Brotherson reads aloud her Substack article, How my categories of aorist usage compare with Wallace’s . This is the twelfth episode in the series analysing Koine Greek linguistics. For the written text of this episode, complete with footnotes and links to previous articles, click here . This podcast episode was made possible by a Research Fellowship with Mary Andrews College, an affiliate of the Australian University of Theology. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this w
Romans 14: A case study in over-spiritualising common Greek terms and ignoring verbal aspect (opens the original)
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For those who prefer listening to reading, I’m recording all my articles (including this one), and publishing them here. You can also find them on Spotify or via your favourite podcast player—just search for the innovatively named In Common Podcast.Good day to you, dear readers. Recently I’ve been getting quite excited about grammatical things, and as a result I’ve sorely neglected those of you who are primarily here for the more practical New-Testament, Christian-y type stuffs. A
12. How my categories of aorist-usage compare with Wallace's (opens the original)
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For those who prefer listening to reading, I’m recording all my articles (including this one), and publishing them here. They should also be accessible through Spotify or your favourite podcast player—just search for the innovatively named In Common Podcast.Well hello again, dear readers. In case you’re new to the conversation, I’ve been having a good ol’ yarn about the aorist tense.In the last article, I posited <a href="https://greekincommon.substack.com/i/207852926
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