Discourse Analysis and Other Topics in Biblical Greek

edited by

Stanley E. Porter

& D.A. Carson

Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series 113

Copyright © 1995 Sheffield Academic Press

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ISBN 1-85075-545-0

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

List of Contributors

Part I

Discourse Analysis

Stanley E. Porter

Discourse Analysis and New Testament Studies: An Introductory Survey

George H. Guthrie

Cohesion Shifts and Stitches in Philippians

Stephen H. Levinsohn

A Discourse Study of Constituent Order and the Article in Philippians

Jeffrey T. Reed

Identifying Theme in the New Testament: Insights from Discourse Analysis

Moisés Silva

Discourse Analysis and Philippians

Stanley E. Porter

How Can Biblical Discourse be Analyzed?: A Response to Several Attempts

Part II

Other Topics

D.A. Carson

On the Other Topics

Dennis L. Stamps

Interpreting the Language of St Paul: Grammar, Modern Linguistics and Translation Theory

Eugene N. Lane

On the Use of the Word παστός in Patristic Greek

Andreas J. Köstenberger

Syntactical Background Studies to 1 Timothy 2:12 in the New Testament and Extrabiblical Greek Literature

H. Alan Brehm

The Meaning of Ἑλληνιστής in Acts in Light of a Diachronic Analysis of ἑλληνίζειν

Micheal Palmer

τί οὖν; The Inferential Question in Paul’s Letter to the Romans with a Proposed Reading of Romans 4:1

Index of Biblical References

Index of Authors

Preface

This collection, Discourse Analysis and Other Topics in Biblical Greek, brings together into one volume papers first delivered at the Society of Biblical Literature annual meetings in 1992 and 1993. These papers were all presented under the auspices of the Section on Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics. This is the second collection of essays to be produced by the Section. The first was published as Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics: Open Questions in Current Research (ed. Stanley E. Porter and D.A. Carson; JSNTSup, 80; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993).

In the first four years of its existence, first as a Consultation and now as a Section, we as the co-chairpersons of the Section (and editors of these two volumes) have been greatly encouraged and personally rewarded by the growing profile of those who assemble to discuss matters of Greek language and linguistics. The format of the two sessions of each Society of Biblical Literature annual meeting continues in the same way as it began. One session is devoted to a specific topic, with invited papers and responses, and the other session is open to papers proposed by individual scholars. The response to this idea continues to be positive, and several important topics are to be covered in the designated sessions in the years to come.

The designated session of 1992 in San Francisco, California, considered the degree ...