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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461301703321

Titolo

Linguistics and the New Testament : critical junctures / / edited by Stanley E. Porter and D.A. Carson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1999]

©1999

ISBN

1-283-20090-2

9786613200907

0-567-58331-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 168

Studies in New Testament Greek ; ; 5

Disciplina

487.4

Soggetti

Linguistics

Greek language, Biblical - Grammar

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Part I. LINGUISTICS AND...; An Introduction to Introductions; Boats in the Bay: Reflections on the Use of Linguistics and Literary Analysis in Biblical Studies; Modern Linguistics and Historical Criticism: Using the Former for Doing the Latter; Linguistics and Rhetorical Criticism; Part II. WORDS ON WORDS; Words on Words; Oral Biblical Criticism: Raw Data in Philippians; The Two Johannine Verbs for Sending: A Study of John's Use of Words with Reference to General Linguistic Theory

Verbs of Experience: Towards a Lexicon Detailing the Argument Structures Assigned by VerbsLinguistic Fingerprints or Style by Numbers? The Use of Statistics in the Discussion of Authorship of New Testament Documents; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This volume continues the major work published by the JSNT Supplement Series in the area of Greek linguistics of the New Testament, and explores what the editors believe are crucial phases in the application of linguistics to New Testament Greek. The first half of the volume includes essays on such topics as linguistics and literary



criticism, linguistics and historical criticism, and linguistics and rhetoric. The second half includes essays dealing with the relations and uses of individual words, but ranges from oral composition to the value of word frequency in determining authorship. Some o