Acknowledgements

There are many to thank in a project like this. I first thank my family – Rachel, Rhoda, Olivia, Emmett, Amos, and Isaac – who provided many much-needed distractions from the world of Greek grammar. While it might have been done a little sooner, I would have had far less fun along the journey.

Many thanks also go to Aaron Sanborn-Overby and the team at De Gruyter-Brill. Thanks for believing in the project, being flexible about the timing of the ever-lengthening manuscript, and for working through some unique contract issues.

Friends, family, and fellow scholars provided encouragement and support of various kinds along the way. I am especially grateful to those who read portions of the manuscript and provided feedback, including Cooper Bryan, Logan Williams, and two anonymous reviewers. The book is certainly better for it.

I have had the privilege of studying with many great scholars who provided me with an excellent foundation in both Greek and linguistics. My time at the Polis Institute studying with Christophe Rico fundamentally changed the way I understand, use, and teach Greek. My professors Paul Kroeger at Dallas International University and Edit Doron, Nora Boneh, Malka Rappaport Hovav, and Elitzur Bar-Asher Siegal (among others) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem taught me the art and science of linguistics. If my analyses are on the right track, it is in large part due to the framework they helped shape for me.

Although “Kevin Grasso” alone is printed on the cover of this book, it would not exist without the aid of the Biblingo team. Nick Messmer was vital to the survival of Biblingo in the very beginning, and the idea for this book would never have surfaced without his partnership. Several on the team were instrumental to the completion of the manuscript. Colton Honeycutt helped me cross the finish line at the end with his labor on the verb charts. Liam Tooman’s assistance was invaluable, both in his feedback on various parts of the book and in completing all the laborious tasks that I had neither the desire nor time to do. Finally, Isaac Hinchman was instrumental in getting the project off the ground. His careful attention to detail and thoughtful analysis sharpened my own thinking as I wrote. This book is dedicated to him.