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Temporal Deixis of the Greek Verb in the Gospel of Mark with Reference to Verbal Aspect

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This study of temporal deixis and verbal aspect with a focus
upon the Gospel of Mark represents a significant source of new
information for those who are pursuing Biblical Greek
linguistics. Decker investigates semantics, verbal aspect,
pragmatics, temporal reference, various relationships,Aktionsart,
contextual methodologies, and deictic indicators.Significant
examples illustrating these concepts are referenced in the
Gospel of Mark. These are new and challenging ideas involving
linguistics of Biblical Greek. Decker , in his book, is
testing Porter's theory concerning verbal semantics, and he
is taking a close look at temporal deixis of Greek verbs as
well.

This book is well supplied with tables, word lists, diagrams,
parallel study columns, an extensive bibliography; also subject,
author, and reference indexes. There is an ample supply
of associated notes for each chapter which prove themselves quite valuable and helpful to the reader. I recommend
the reader to follow the notes carefully and thoroughly while
each chapter is read.Also,the reader needs to closely follow
the tables, lists, diagrams and study columns to better
understand the material which Decker is introducing.

I strongly recommend Decker's book to those who are interested
in learning the newest ideas on the cutting edges of modern
linguistics dealing with Biblical Greek. This book certainly
opened up new frontiers for me; others may enjoy this adventure
as well.

This book gives a clear and easy-to-understand explanation of Aspectual Theory and then works through the book of Mark to show the superiority of an aspectually based system.