Verbal Aspect Theory and the Prohibitions in the Greek New Testament

Hi @verbingnouns.bsky.social could we be added to your linguistics feed? We just posted about Julia Falks monograph on women in the LSA in the early 20th century. Cheers!

Edith Claflin's work on voice and aspect in Greek and Latin should have been part of the linguistics foundation we all have been building on, yet you rarely find her cited. #linguistics #biblicalgreek

Academic Forum: The Source-Path-Goal Schema in Bible Translation We, Rachel and Michael Aubrey, are giving an academic forum at Dallas International University on Thursday, July 31⋅12:30 – 1:20pm CDT. Title: Greek & Hebrew Prepositions and the Source-Path-Goal Schema in Bible Translation Abstract:…

Is the Greek grammar of Matthew 1:25 consistent with the perpetual virginity of Mary?

"Matthew 1:25 says nothing about whether Joseph and Mary had conjugal relations." Is this true? No. It's not.

Dallas International University (DIU) has announced their new masters degree program that combines the biblical languages and linguistics in one place: MA in Biblical Languages and Linguistics. #biblicalgreek #biblicalhebrew

I cannot believe how hard it is to find ἀνά meaning 'up' in postclassical Greek.

Things have been really quiet lately at Koine-Greek.com, because ... reasons. I'll talk about those soon. But I am working on some new pedagogy material for teaching (and learning) Greek prepositions. #biblicalgreek

Metaphors used in SOURCE-PATH-GOAL Constructions: CAUSES ARE SOURCES ὁ φεύγων [ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ φόβου]ἐνπεσεῖται [εἰς τὸν βόθυνον] He who flees [from the face of fear] willfall [into the pit] (Jer 31:44). #biblicalgreek 1/2

Yesterday, I posted an announcement on Twitter that I was no longer going to be using twitter for sharing Koine-Greek.com stuff and that everyone could either find us on FB or here on Blusky. Man, people were not happy with that.

Greek prepositions as conventional patterns When we talk about the semantics of prepositional phrases, we are talking about a specific kind of conventionalized pattern. Conventional patterns are arbitrary in the sense that they are not predictable from one language to another. But in another way,…

Carl Conrad passed away 2/20/25 Jonathan Robie contacted me this morning to let me know that yesterday Carl Conrad passed away. There won't be a memorial service, but if you have an memories or tributes to Carl, there is a forum thread at B-Greek dedicated to his memory. I encourage you to share…

We could repeat this for basically every Greek prepositions. #biblicalgreek thread. 1/#

WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW HOW ANCIENT GREEK WAS PRONOUNCED!!!

Regarding Wes Huff words on Ancient Greek on that one podcast: We *absolutely* know how Ancient Greek was pronounced. We know how it was pronounced in multiple dialects. We know how it was pronounced across multiple centuries. There is no debate on this. #biblicalgreek

Unsurprisingly Michael Holmes get the translation right, in his Apostolic Fathers diglot where 1 Clement quotes this Psalm. ἡ γλῶσσά σου περιέπλεκεν δολιότητα your tongue wove deceit (I Cl 35.8, Holmes' translation). #biblicalgreek

Filing mistranslations in the Lexham English Septuagint (LES2) in hopes of getting the gain back together for a 3rd edition some day. #biblicalgreek ἡ γλῶσσά σου περιέπλεκεν δολιότητα· your tongue embraces deceit (Ps 49:19) LES2 mistranslates active περιέπλεκεν as 'embrace'. Should be 'weave'. 1/#

Just started Julia Falk's Women, Language and Linguistics. It's incredible & disappointing how standard modes of historiography obscure the work of women in the field from the start of the LSA, but really pleased to discover this fascinating history. #linguistics

We're really pleased with how this second edition of /Greek prepositions in the New Testament: A cognitive-functional description/ is turning out for print! Headed toward proofreading now.

Behold, the inside cover of the Teubner text of Phrynicus's Praeparatio Sophistica from the Boston Public Library. No one ever withdrew it.

Who was first to argue that only the indicative mood marks tense? Probably nobody. Because nobody needed to argue it. #biblicalgreek

It's kinda annoying how many top linguistics journals have generic titles about "language" and "linguistics" when they're literally just syntax

You'll probably see some familiar faces in there like Dr @wilgafney.bsky.social, @mikeaubrey.bsky.social, @koine-greek.com, @duck5.bsky.social, and others.

This podcast episode raises a lot of important issues and is making me rethink how undemocratic open source and open licencing is in my own field.

What principles might motivate the occurrence of indefinite noun phrases to take prepositional phrases? It’s a good question. Prepositions phrases tend be restrictive when they occur in noun phrases just like other NP modifiers. But they certainly can still be descriptive, too!

Wow, looks like lots of people are leaving twitter and joining us here! Here's to more! We'd love to just shut down on twitter entirely.

Subject Affectedness isn't enough for understanding Greek voice. Let's talk about transitivity and event structure. Passing Grammar Notes: Transitivity in Greek, Break vs. read Via @mikeaubrey.bsky.social. #biblicalgreek #linguistics

You look λύω up in a lexicon and find it means not just ‘loosen/release’ like you learned, but also ‘destroy’. And you think to yourself: "Those seem like opposites! One positive and one negative." #biblicalgreek #linguistics Here's what's going on. Via @mikeaubrey.bsky.social.

The linguistic study of the biblical languages is primarily defined by the efforts of individual teachers in their individual classrooms. Yet there is clearly demand for integrating of linguistics and biblical languages together. #biblicalgreek #linguistics Via @mikeaubrey.bsky.social.

Here's a hot take: Debates about tense and aspect in New Testament Greek are basically unsolvable because some people don't actually want them solved. #BiblicalGreek koine-greek.com/2018/10/17/w... Via @mikeaubrey.bsky.social.

Debates about tense and aspect in New Testament Greek are basically unsolvable because some people don't actually want them solved. #BiblicalGreek

Okay, I've also now added a category page for all the posts that are "A brief note":

Maybe you've seen our little series, "Passing Grammar Notes", yes? Well, I've finally gave it, its own category so they're all grouped in one place! (via @mikeaubrey.bsky.social)

Last year, we shared our SBL paper from the Cognitive Linguistics session, "Constructions & the Source-Path-Goal Schema" in 2 parts. But we realized after that we should have upload the video as a whole. So here it is a year late! #linguistics #biblicalgreek Via @mikeaubrey.bsky.social.

The New Testament is too small a corpus. Rachel Aubrey demonstrates a variety of ways that our own participation in language, when we communicate, helps shape the linguistic expression of a scene. #linguistics #biblicalgreek Via @mikeaubrey.bsky.social.

Wherein Andrew Keenan explores the intersection between philosophy of language and lexical semantics in a four part series.

Time to re-up this again! Need a simple overview of grammatical aspect for your Greek students? We've got you covered in an accessible three part series! A brief guide to aspect in Greek: Part I, The basics Via: @mikeaubrey.bsky.social. #linguistics #biblicalgreek

Language is not removed from cultural contexts. Patterns in grammar can reflect the social structures of speakers. Here, voice alternations associate with sex for verbs of marital (dis)union. #biblicalgreek #linguistics Via @mikeaubrey.bsky.social.

Comparing Usage: δύναμαι vs. ἰσχύω and semantic overlap #biblicalgreek Via @mikeaubrey.bsky.social.

Sometimes I forget that the Biblical Studies Carnival exists and then I'm pleasantly surprised! Some great stuff to read for this past month. #biblicalgreek #biblicalstudies

There is an entire ecosystem of postclassical Greek scholarship that most NT scholars seem unaware. We can reach for a larger collection of voices when we think about any number of topics in Greek grammar. And we all stand to benefit. #linguistics #biblicalgreek Via @mikeaubrey.bsky.social.

Rachel & I just submitted our manuscript of Greek prepositions in the New Testament: A Cognitive-Functional Description! We love a good grammar & dictionary! You should absolutely own both! But there's so much more to say about prepositions! Via @mikeaubrey.bsky.social. #linguistics #biblicalgreek

Why we don't say that English has a middle voice, but we do say that Greek has a middle voice! Via @mikeaubrey.bsky.social #linguistics #biblicalgreek

A Bible translation colleague recently dealt with this on language project. So this indigenous language now has a translation of Acts 9:36 that's more accurate than major English translations. A brief note on antelope, gazelle, & deer koine-greek.com/2024/09/22/a... via @mikeaubrey.bsky.social

"Paul is not paraphrasing the OT in 1 Cor. 1:19; he is quoting from the Old Greek translation of Isaiah." —Dr. Christopher J. Fresch

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #442,736! Here's to it going somewhere!

From @mikeaubrey.bsky.social, of course.

Came across this quote that I collected in 2011 from John Hewson on how people often mistakenly confuse form & function with tense-aspect forms. It feels relevant in the eternally stationary NT Greek aspect debates. #biblicalgreek koine-greek.com/2011/10/27/c... via @koine-greek.com.