Description
Book SynopsisThis work offers students the most current discussion of the major issues in Greek and linguistics by leading authorities in the field. Featuring an all-star lineup of New Testament Greek scholars--including Stanley Porter, Constantine Campbell, Stephen Levinsohn, Jonathan Pennington, and Robert Plummer--it examines the latest advancements in New Testament Greek linguistics, making it an ideal intermediate supplemental Greek textbook. Chapters cover key topics such as verbal aspect, the perfect tense, deponency and the middle voice, discourse analysis, word order, and pronunciation.
Table of ContentsContents
Preface: Where Did We Come From?
David Alan Black
1. Linguistic Schools
Stanley E. Porter
2. Aspect and Tense in New Testament Greek
Constantine R. Campbell
3. The Greek Perfect Tense-Form:
Understanding Its Usage and Meaning Michael G. Aubrey
4. The Greek Middle Voice:
An Important Rediscovery and Implications for Teaching and Exegesis Jonathan T. Pennington
5. Discourse Analysis:
Galatians as a Case Study Stephen H. Levinsohn
6. Interpreting Constituent Order in Koine Greek
Steven E. Runge
7. Living Language Approaches
T. Michael W. Halcomb
8. The Role of Pronunciation in New Testament Greek Studies
Randall Buth
9. Electronic Tools and New Testament Greek
Thomas W. Hudgins
10. An Ideal Beginning Greek Grammar?
Robert L. Plummer
11. Biblical Exegesis and Linguistics:
A Prodigal History Nicholas J. Ellis
Postscript: Where Do We Go from Here?
Benjamin L. Merkle
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