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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...

referred to by name. The person who was being tricked, the underdog, was referred to by a demonstrative pronoun (“the other one”) in both sections. An aspect that is specific to Greek is that a major participant is often referred to by a pronoun alone. This is a principle of economy and is probably related to the common use of ellipsis in Greek. It is expected that the hearer remembers what has been said previously and uses this information to understand the current text. Since major participants
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