NPPF Comm2: Preterist

[Don Corathers]

line 79: a preterist (p 107)


We've been over some of this ground before, but, from the Random House
Unabridged:

preter-. a prefix, meaning "beyond," "more than," "by," "past," occurring
originally in loanwords from Latin (preterit) and used in the formation of
compound words (preterlegal).

preterist. Theol. --n. 1. A person who maintains that the prophecies of the
Apocalypse have already been fulfilled. Cf. futurist, presentist. [which
mean just what you think they would with respect to Apocalyptic
prophecy.] --adj. 2. of or pertaining to the preterists.

preterit. n. Gram. 1. past. 2. a preterit tense. 3. a verb form in this
tense. --adj. 4. Gram. noting a past action or state. 5. Archaic. bygone;
past. Also, preterite.

preterition. n. 1. the act of passing by or over; omission; disregard. 2.
Law. the passing over by a testator of an heir otherwise entitled to a
portion. 3. Calvinistic Theol. the passing over by God of those not elected
to salvation or eternal life. 4. Rhet. paralipsis

The Zemblan verse that Kinbote quotes, which he found charming and Sybil
must have found appalling, is a curious mix of caution and misogyny.

The Elder Edda. Also known as The Poetic Edda, a collection of Icelandic
poetry that was preserved in oral tradition before finally being recorded in
writing between 1000 and 1300. Tolkein used it as a source for the Lord of
the Rings trilogy. Someone who is more familiar with the Eddas than me could
probably tell us if Kinbote's Zemblan quatrain is a direct lift.

"Kirby's?" Probably W.H. Kirby, translator of the Finnish epic Kalevala.

Don