Are participles temporally unmarked? Mk 1:35

Hultberg, Alan D alan_hultberg at peter.biola.edu
Sat Mar 6 13:26:25 EST 1999


>>And aspectually ANASTAS simply indicates the fact of the complete action 
of arising at this time<<

Sorry to intrude; I haven't been following this thread very closely, so I hope
this isn't old hat.  From what I understand of aspect theory, George's above
statement is technically incorrect.  

Someone asked earlier in this thread about the difference between aspect (as
used in aspect theory) and *Aktionsart*.   George's statement is one of
*Aktionsart*, in that it posits a direct relationship between the action as it
occurred in reality and the verb tense (as a morphological, not temporal
category) used to describe the action. In other words, part *Aktionsart*
posits that the aorist "indicates the FACT of the complete action..."  George
may well be aware of this and perhaps only made a slip in his wording, but
aspect theory says the choice of the morphological verb tense bears no
necessary relationship to the actual performance of the action described; it
only reflects the author's/speaker's PORTRAYAL of the action.  In this
instance, Mark portrays the action of Jesus' arising as a complete act, or as
simply having occurred, if you will--he gives us a snapshot of the action, not
a movie.

Alan  
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