I’ve previously highlighted two of Con Campbell’s books written primarily for NT scholars:
- Con Campbell’s Book on Verbal Aspect Released in Carson’s SBG Series
- Con Campbell’s Second Book on Verbal Aspect Released in Carson’s SBG Series
After studying verbal aspect theory a bit, I recognized that nearly everything written on the subject was by scholars and for scholars. I attempted to bridge that gap a little with a short journal article: “A Brief Introduction to Verbal Aspect Theory in New Testament Greek” (Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 12 [2007]: 17–28). Now Con Campbell has superbly bridged the gap with a short book. I’m grateful that Zondervan is publishing a reasonably priced, reliable, concise primer by Con Campbell for students and pastors as well as scholars:
Constantine R. Campbell. Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2008 (coming November 1, 2008). 159 pp.
It is clearly written, addressing the subject in a logical order with helpful subdivisions and diagrams. (See the table of contents followed by a sample chapter.) It also includes exercises with an answer key as well as a short glossary of key terms (which is important to make sense of the lingo for linguistics!) This would make a fine supplementary text for a Greek class on any level.
More product info is available here, including an impressive group of endorsements by the following scholars:
- William D. Mounce
- Steve Walton
- D. A. Carson
- Stanley E. Porter
- Peter T. O’Brien
- Rodney J. Decker
Jeff Aernie says
Andy:
Thanks for posting about this undoubtedly indispensible resource. It should remove a few headaches from the minds beginning students.
Blessings,
Jeff
Con Campbell says
Thanks, Andy.
Tim Wellings says
Thanks so much for this! After wading through some of the stuff intended for scholars experienced in verbal aspect, this was refreshing.