James E. Sedlacek received his PhD from the University of Manchester, through the Nazarene Theological College, a partner college with the University of Manchester. He currently is Professor of Biblical Languages at Israel Institute of Biblical Studies and Visiting Lecturer at Nazarene Theological College.

List of Figures - Series Editor Preface - Author's Preface - Introduction - Overview of Verbal Aspect Studies as Related to the Greek Perfect and Pluperfect Tense- Forms - A Way Forward - The Complex Aspect of the Perfect Tense- Form in the Pauline Corpus - Comparing the Pauline Corpus to a Diachronic Corpus of Epistolary and Moral Literature - Conclusion - Bibliography - Rationale and Purpose of the Appendices -Chart of Morphemes - Chart of Stem Count - Chart of Stems by Frequency - Chart of Context - Chart of Adverbial Modification of Stative Perfects - Chart of Adverbial Modification of Eventive Perfects - Adverb Frequency Data - Key Adverbs - Chart of Adverbial Modification of Perfects used in Citational or Referential ways - Chart of Pauline Corpus Examples with Perfects - Chart of Analysis Corpus Examples with Perfects - Chart of Selected Verbs Found in the Perfect Tense- Form within the Pauline Corpus Fully Conjugated - Author Index - Text Reference Index - Subject Index.