Linguistics and opposite conclusions

Jonathan Robie jonathan.robie at datadirect-technologies.com
Mon Oct 28 07:41:40 EST 2002


At 06:45 AM 10/28/2002 -0500, bgreek at ntresources.com wrote:

>I would suggest that this is a misunderstanding/misrepresentation of 
>Porter's argument for the aorist serving as the unmarked form in many 
>contexts. He incorporates several factors, including morphology, 
>distribution, and frequency. He also distinguishes use in various genre.

Hi Rod,

Yes, thanks for pointing this out. It's important to realize that Porter 
has careful arguments that take some reading to understand, and he cites 
enormous numbers of texts to make his points. With respect to tense and 
aspect, I disagree with his conclusions, but he is a serious New Testament 
scholar. Which I am not.

Jonathan




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