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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...

Steven E. Runge The primary purpose of this article is to challenge the view of the historical present (HP) usage held by those claiming that Koine Greek does not grammaticalize tense. The varied use of the present tense-form has supplied some of strongest evidence against the traditional treatment of Greek as a tense-based language. Porter claims that the HP usage generates claims of prominence based upon the inherent
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