Verbal Aspect and Non-Indicative Verbs

The Author: Constantine R. Campbell lectures in Greek, Hebrew, and New Testament at Moore Theological College, Sydney, Australia. He holds a Ph.D. from Macquarie University, where he is an honorary associate. Dr. Campbell is the author of Verbal Aspect, the Indicative Mood, and Narrative: Soundings in the Greek of the New Testament (Lang, 2007).

"Campbell's lucid volume explores the various ways in which verbal aspect functions outside the indicative mood within New Testament Greek. Together with his earlier work on verbal aspect and the indicative mood, this companion volume provides an innovative paradigm for understanding the verbal system of the Greek New Testament. Interpreters will find that this approach challenges and reassesses earlier explanations and conclusions, provides fresh insights into many New Testament texts and often presents firmer grounds for making exegetical decisions. This is an important tool for serious students of the Greek New Testament." (Peter T. O'Brien, Senior Research Fellow, Moore Theological College, Sydney, Australia)
"As with his previous book, 'Verbal Aspect, the Indicative Mood, and Narrative', Campbell has placed students of the Greek of the New Testament in his debt. His current study, complementary to the earlier volume, traces the significance of verbal aspect in the non-indicative moods, here demonstrating that aspect in these forms functions primarily at the clause level. The clear differentiation between semantics and pragmatics, avoiding the illegitimate attribution of pragmatic 'Aktionsart' values to semantic aspect features, is a distinguishing feature of this study. I commend it highly for careful study." (Rodney J. Decker, Professor of New Testament and Greek, Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania)