Class Notes: October 27, 2007

Class Notes and Comments

Lesson 19: Important Sections and points (but read all the Sections):

129. See the Sidebar for the vocabulary list of all words.

130., 131., 132., and 133. Memorize the paradigms for the First and Second Aorist Active and Middle Participles. Note that the 2nd-Aorist Participles use the same endings you learned in Lesson 18 for the Present Active and Middle Participles, except for the accent. Since Participles don't have a time sense (i.e., past, present or future), but only an aspect sense (Present Participles: continuous action; Aorist Participles: action viewed as a whole), there is no prefixed ε before the Aorist stem.

The 1st-Aorist Active and Middle Participles are also like the Present Active and Middle Participles in most instances, except they have σα between the stem and the ending instead of ο. The 1st-Aorist Active Feminine Participle has σα instead of ου between the Aorist stem and the ending.

Study the listing of the more common 2nd-Aorist Participles in Section 132.

134. Read this, and also read the section on Participles in the Greek New Testament Insert, pp. 30-37.

135. This is very important. The Genitive Absolute is a frequent New Testament construction. Do the Exercises to become familiar with its syntax.

136. Do all the Exercises.

We'll again continue our reading with Κατα Ιωαννην The Gospel According to John, 1:35, since we did not do any reading from John on October 27.