Basics of Verbal Aspect

One of my new colleagues, Dr Con Campbell has just published his new book Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek .

I am looking forward to hearing more about why Con reckons verbal aspect makes such a difference. This is how he reads the current consensus in linguistics:

• aspect is more important than tense and must be reckoned with
• aspect holds the key to understanding the Greek verbal system
• There are at least two aspects in Greek: perfective and imperfective
• Debate about aspect must come to some kind of resolution as quickly as possible
• Greek grammars and NT commentaries need to update and come to grips with the new playing field
• Responsible exegesis of the Greek text must incorporate aspectual sensitivity

Unresolved, however, are the matters of temporality and tense, and the issue of the number of aspects.