Int5Jn Uses of subjunctives in John made easier but with enough detail to be useful

SUBJUNCTIVES IN JOHN: By the end of this video, you will have met all the uses of the subjunctive in the Gospel of John. The aim is to do this as simply as possible, but with enough detail so that you will be able to fully understand the subjunctive mood as it is used in John. The video begins by defining the subjunctive mood, and then looks at examples of each of the uses of the subjunctive in John, starting with the most frequently found use (ἵνα+subj. to form purpose clauses), then looking at the next most frequently found use (ἐὰν “if” or ἐὰν μὴ “unless” + subj. in conditional sentences), and so on, to the least frequently found uses.

This video follows Chapter 5 of the book by Robert K. McIver, “Intermediate New Testament Greek Made Easier”. Latest edition: Third Edition. Search amazon.com, amazon.com.au, etc. for 0648640825 (paperback), or B0DBJ2WPM2 (Kindle). Note that there is an exercise specific to subjunctives in John in Chapter 5: “5.13 Exercise on the Uses of the Subjunctive Mood in John”.

This video is part of a series of videos explaining the moods of the Greek verb in the New Testament (on YouTube: @NTGreekMadeEasier and X.com: @RobMcIver2024):

Videos on the subjunctive mood
22 1 Subjunctive Mood of Verbs in the Greek New Testament Made Easier for Beginners
Int5Jn Uses of subjunctives in John made easier but with enough detail to be useful (this video)
Int5Mt Uses of the subjunctives in Matthew made easier but with enough detail to be useful

Videos on the infinitive mood
21 1 Moods of the Greek Verb in the New Testament Made Easier for Beginners
21 2 The Infinitive Mood in the Greek New Testament Made Easier for Beginners
Int4Mt Uses of infinitives in Matthew made easier but with enough detail to be useful

Videos on the participial mood
26 1 Three most common uses of Participles in the Greek New Testament
Int 3 2 Adjectival participles made easier for students of NT Greek
Int3Jn Uses of participles in John made easier but with enough detail to be useful
Int 15 5 Tense and the time sequencing of adverbial participles with Matt 26:26-27 as a case study

Outline
00:00 Introduction
01:04 What is the subjunctive mood?
08:28 Tense, Aspect and Aktionsart
09:57 Purpose clauses (ἵνα+subj)
11:52 Conditional (ἐὰν+subj “if”, ἐὰν μὴ “unless”)
15:03 Direct object (ἵνα+subj)
17:38 Result (ἵνα+subj)
20:42 Indefinite (ὅταν+subj etc)
22:40 Apposition (ἵνα+subj)
24:30 Epexegetical (ἵνα+subj)
26:46 Distinguishing uses of ἵνα+subj
30:26 Strong denial (οὐ μὴ+subj)
31:29 Deliberative
32:29 Hortatory
34:17 Other stock constructions
35:20 Aorist prohibitions (μή+aor subj)
36:12 For discussion
40:17 Making subjunctives easier
41:20 Exercises
42:39 Other videos

Note:
1. All citations from the Greek New Testament are taken from, Kurt Aland et al., Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th Edition (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2012).
2. Note: dictionary meanings in this video are usually derived from BDAG [Arndt, William, Frederick W. Danker, and Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, 3d ed. revised and edited by Frederick W. Danker (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000)].
3. Translations cited as NRSV are taken from, The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1989).
4. Translations cited as ESV are taken from, The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016).

Rob (Professor Robert K. McIver if we are being formal) has been teaching NT Greek to on-campus students at Avondale University, NSW, Australia, since 1989, and also to distance students since 2001. In addition to his articles that have appeared in academic journals, his book publications include: “Beginning New Testament Greek Made Easier”. 8th edition. Martinsville, NSW: Barnard Publishing, 2024. “Intermediate New Testament Greek Made Easier”. 2nd edition. Martinsville, NSW: Barnard Publishing, 2022. [Note: 3rd edition scheduled for publication in mid 2024] “Verbatim and Gist Parallels Between the Gospels: Coded Greek Synopsis and Selected Statistics”. 3rd edition. Cooranbong, NSW: Avondale Academic Press, 2022. “Memory, Jesus and the Synoptic Gospels”. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2011; Leiden: Brill, 2012. “Mainstream or Marginal?: The Matthean Community in Early Christianity”. Friedensauer Schriftenreihe A12. Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 2012. “1 and 2 Peter”. Nampa, ID: Pacific Press, 2016. “Tithing Practices Among Seventh-day Adventists: A Study of Tithe Demographics and Motives in Australia, Brazil, England, Kenya and the United States”. Cooranbong, NSW; Silver Spring MD: Avondale Academic Press/General Conference Office of Archives, Statistics and Research, 2016. “Beyond the Da Vinci Code”. Nampa, ID: Pacific Press, 2006. “Ezekiel: Through Crises to Glory”. Boise, ID: Pacific Press, 1997.