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Discourse Studies & Biblical Interpretation: A Festschrift in Honor of Stephen H. Levinsohn is unavailable, but you can change that!

Stephen H. Levinsohn is by no means the only SIL International member deserving recognition for significant contributions to the field of biblical studies; all too frequently such work goes unrecognized, even if it is appreciated in some quarters. The goal of this volume is to see that at least in Stephen’s case, his work receives the commendation that it deserves. Each of the contributors to...

problem with such an entry is that it does not properly describe the function of the particle. The second problem is that it tries to explain the function in terms of English, even though English has no comparable particle. I think it is safe to say that δέ is an adversative particle. It signals change.9 Its various functions should correlate with this basic idea. Therefore a change of participants is acceptable, but introduction of new participants is not. It may indicate a change of scene, and
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