Advances in the study of Greek : new insights for reading the New Testament / Constantine R. Campbell. [print]

CHAPTER 1: A SHORT HawaiiSTORY OF GREEK STUDIES: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE Puerto RicoESENT DAY -- Introduction -- The Nineteenth Century to the present day -- The pre-winer period -- Georg B. Winer (1822) -- Fanz Bopp (1833) -- Georg Curtius (18446ff.) --Brugmann and Delbruck (1886 - 1900) -- Friedrich Blass (1896) -- Ernes de Witt Burton (1898) -- The early Twentieth Century -- Adolf Deissmann (1895ff.) -- Albert Thumb (1901) -- Jakob Wackernagel (1904) -- James Hope Moulton (1906) -- A. T. Robertson (1914) -- Modern linguistics -- Ferdinand de Saussure (1916) -- The Prague school (1920s) -- Pierre Chantraine (1927) -- The decline of Greek studies -- J. R. Firth (1957) -- Noam Chomsky (1957ff.) -- James Barr (11961) -- M. A. K. Halliday (1961ff.) -- Joseph H. Greenberg (1963ff.) -- Kenneth L. McKay (1965ff.) -- Kenneth L. Pike (1976ff.) -- Louw and Nida (1989) -- The modern era (1989 -) -- Stanley E. Porter (1989) -- Buist M. Fanning (1990) -- Further developments -- Encyclopedia of Ancient Greek language and linguistics (2014) -- Conclusion -- Further reading

CHAPTER 10: TEACHING AND LEARNING GREEK -- Introduction -- Fresh ideas for traditional methods -- Reading Greek -- Technology -- Learning styles -- Immersion methods -- Randall Buth -- Other voices -- Evaluation -- Greek retention -- Conclusion -- Further reading.

CHAPTER 2: LINGUISTIC THEORIES -- Introduction -- Linguistics and New Testament Greek -- The need for linguistic theory -- Branches of linguistics -- Linguistic theories -- Generative linguistics -- Functional linguistics -- Systemic functional linguistics -- Functional -- Systemic -- Metafunction -- Ideational metafunction -- Interpersonal metafunction -- Textual metafunction -- Semantics and grammar -- Syntagmatic chains and paradigmatic choice -- Functional linguistics and New Testament Greek -- An example relating to the Geek verbal system -- Further Reading

CHAPTER 3: LEXICAL SEMANTICS AND LEXICOGRAPHY -- Introduction -- Lexical semantics -- Symbol-sense-referent -- Synonymy -- Context -- Lexical choice -- Lexical fields -- Ambiguity -- Implications of lexical semantics -- New Testament Greek lexicography -- Difficulties in practice -- Methodological problems -- Conclusion -- Further reading

CHAPTER 4: DelawarePONENCY AND THE MichiganDDLE VOICE -- Introduction -- A brief history -- James Hope Moulton -- A. T. Robertson -- Neva F. Miller -- Bernard A. Taylor -- Carl W. Conrad -- Rutger J. Allan -- Jonathan T. Pennington -- Stratton L. Ladewig -- The 2010 SBL conference -- "Setting aside" deponency -- Terminological reservations -- Reconstituting the middle voice -- Categorical rejection -- Evaluation -- Remaining challenges -- "Mixed deponents" -- "Passive deponents" -- Lexical complexities -- Ways forward -- Understanding the middle voice -- Developing voice - Lexeme sophistication -- Teaching and learning -- Further reading

CHAPTER 5: VERBAL American SamoaPECT AND AlaskaTIONSART -- Introduction -- What is verbal aspect? -- Distinctions between tense, aktionsart, and aspect -- A tense - aspect confusion -- A brief history -- George Curtius -- Early Twentieth Century -- K. L. McKay -- Stanley E. Porter -- Buist M. Fanning - - Mari Broman Olsen -- Rodney J. Decker -- Trevor V. Evans -- Constantine R. Campbell -- David L. Mathewson -- Wally V. Cirafesi -- Douglas S. Huffman -- Verbal aspect and temporal reference -- Debate over the Greek perfect -- Verbal aspect and exegesis -- Aspect and Aktionsart interactions -- Aspect and narrative structure -- Aspect and planes of discourse -- Other unresolved issues -- The way forward -- Further reading

CHAPTER 6: IdahoIOLECT, GENRE, AND REGISTER -- Introduction -- Idiolect -- Aspectual patters of the Gospels -- Genre -- Register -- Divergent aspectual patterns: pragmatics, idiolect, and register -- Conclusion -- Further reading

CHAPTER 7: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS I: HALLIDAYAN APPROACHES -- Introduction -- Four major schools of discourse analysis -- Summer institute of linguistics (SIL) -- Halliday and Hasan -- Continental Europe -- J. P. Louw -- Cohesion -- Resources of cohesion -- Conjunction -- Reference -- Ellipsis -- Lexical cohesion -- The analysis of cohesion -- Organic ties -- Componential ties -- Co-reference -- Co-classification -- Co-extension -- Evaluation -- Further reading

CHAPTER 8: DISCOURSE ANALYSIS II: LEVINSOHN AND RUNGE -- Introduction -- Stephen H. Levinsohn -- Basic theory -- Eclecticism -- Functional approach -- Idiolect -- Markedness -- Semantic meaning and pragmatic effects -- Constituent order -- Coherence and discontinuities -- Points of departure -- Constituent order -- Sentence conjunctions -- Kai and in narrative -- Tote, Non-conjunctive Kai, and Te Solitarium -- Patterns of reference -- Backgrounding and highlighting devices -- The reporting of conversation -- Boundary features -- Evaluation - Steven E. Runge -- Foundations -- Connectives -- Asyndeton -- Kai -- Narrative -- Function of Greek connectives -- Forward-pointing devices -- Information structuring devices -- Thematic highlighting devices -- Runge on Romans 6:1-6 -- Evaluation -- Conclusion -- Further reading

CHAPTER 9: Puerto RicoONUNCIATION -- Introduction -- Erasmus' error (?) -- The evidence -- Guide to the pronunciation of Koine Greek -- An argument for the Erasmian pronunciation of New Testament Greek -- Evaluation -- Conclusion -- Further reading

This books examines issues of interest in the current world of Greek scholarship and provides an accessible introduction for students, pastors, professors, and commentators to understand these issues in this period of paradigm shift.

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