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In his analysis of the Greek text of 1 Peter, Mark Dubis provides students with an accessible guide through some of the most difficult syntactic challenges of the Greek language. Introducing readers to the most recent developments in grammatical and linguistic scholarship, Dubis includes an overview of Greek word order and the construction of middle voice. In doing so, Dubis helps students...

part on the use of the cogate verb ἐπερωτάω (especially its use as “request” in Matt 16:1; so RSV, ESV, NRSV, BDAG, 362.2; Michaels, 216; Schreiner, 196–97); or (b) “pledge” or “promise” (so NIV, NET, TEV). On the basis of a contractual use of this term in the papyri, many commentators adopt the latter usage (e.g., Dalton 1989, 206–10). Dalton (1989, 207) further comments, “there is no example anywhere in the whole range of Greek writing where it [i.e., ἐπερώτημα] means ‘request.’ ” The parallel
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