Verbal Aspect  05 May 96 11:22:02 EDT  portions of Luke's gospel
and wondering if anyone can help me.  I have followed Porter's
arguments through to the JSNTSS 80 _Biblical Greek Language &
Linguistics - Open Questions in Current Research_ which
summarises the 1990-1991 SBL discussions. I have read his
_Idioms_ and Fanning's dissertation as well. However I cannot
track down any further discussions since this time. Does anyone
know if the debate has fizzled out or is their something more
recent lurking out there?  I am particularly looking at his
views on the interrelation of tense forms within units and
stories i.e. his views on markedness. It seems to me that it is
a very interesting exercise to look at how one tense may be used
throughout a unit for one issue. e.g. Answering Ken Litwak's
earlier question on the Magnificat I noticed that the aorist
tense is used for God's actions and the present for human
responses. Is this coincidental or meaningful? I am not sure  It
seems to me that aspect and markedness