ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF GREEK

NEW INSIGHTS FOR READING THE NEW TESTAMENT

CONSTANTINE R. CAMPBELL

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Advances in the Study of Greek

Copyright © 2015 by Constantine R. Campbell

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Campbell, Constantine R., author.

Advances in the Study of Greek : New Insights for Reading the New Testament / Constantine R. Campbell.

pages cm

ISBN 978-0-310-51595-1 (softcover)

1. Greek language, Biblical — Syntax. 2. Greek language, Biblical. I. Title.

PA851.C36 2015

487′.4 — dc23

2014031678

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For Nono, who took my advice and married Nona

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CONTENTS

Expanded Table of Contents

Abbreviations

Foreword (by D. A. Carson)

Preface

Introduction

1. A Short History of Greek Studies: The Nineteenth Century to the Present Day

2. Linguistic Theories

3. Lexical Semantics and Lexicography

4. Deponency and the Middle Voice

5. Verbal Aspect and Aktionsart

6. Idiolect, Genre, and Register

7. Discourse Analysis I: Hallidayan Approaches

8. Discourse Analysis II: Levinsohn and Runge

9. Pronunciation

10. Teaching and Learning Greek

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index of Subjects and Names

EXPANDED TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

0.1 What Is This Book About?

0.2 How Is This Book Unique?

0.3 Why Is This Book Needed?

0.4 Why Include These Topics?

0.5 How Should This Book be Used?

0.6 What Is the Intended Outcome of This Book?

CHAPTER 1: A SHORT HISTORY OF GREEK STUDIES: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The Nineteenth Century

1.2.1 The Pre-Winer Period

1.2.2 Georg B. Winer (1822)

1.2.3 Franz Bopp (1833)

1.2.4 Georg Curtius (1846ff.)

1.2.5 Brugmann and Delbrück (1886–1900)

1.2.6 Friedrich Blass (1896)

1.2.7 Ernest de Witt Burton (1898)

1.3 The Early Twentieth Century

1.3.1 Adolf Deissmann (1895ff.)

1.3.2 Albert Thumb (1901)

1.3.3 Jakob Wackernagel (1904)

1.3.4 James Hope Moulton (1906)

1.3.5 A. T. Robertson (1914)

1.4 Modern ...