Wallace, Daniel B,

Granville Sharp's canon and its kin : semantics and significance / [print] Daniel B. Wallace. - New York : Peter Lang, (c)2009. - xxi, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Studies in Biblical Greek ; v. 14 . - Studies in Biblical Greek ; v. 14. .



The problem of the construction The need for this study Methodological considerations Limitations in the method and scope of research Historical investigation Preface : Jesus as [Geovv] in the New Testament Granville Sharp and his Remarks on the uses of the definitive article A short life of Granville Sharp The writings of Granville Sharp Sharp's Remarks on the uses of the definitive article Two centuries of misunderstanding From Wordsworth to Winstanley : early reactions to Sharp's first principle From Middleton to Winer : the eclipse of understanding The rising misunderstanding, abuse, and neglect of Sharp's canon Sharp redivivus? -- Linguistic-phenomenological analysis The nature of the construction in general The construction involving personal, singular, non-proper substantives A proper semantic grid The empirical data The construction involving personal, plural, non-proper substantives A proper semantic grid The empirical data The construction involving personal, singular, proper names The construction involving impersonal substantives A proper semantic grid The empirical data Mixed constructions Exegetical implications and interactions Impersonal substantive constructions Concrete impersonal constructions Abstract impersonal constructions Personal, plural, non-proper constructions Ambiguous passages Exegetically significant passages Personal, singular, non-proper substantive constructions Sharp's application to Christologically significant texts Passages overlooked by Sharp Two Christologically significant texts Mixed constructions Conclusions Exegetical conclusions Methodological conclusions.

Granville Sharp's Canon and Its Kin explains that the semantics of the article-substantive-KAI-substantive construction (TSKS) have been largely misunderstood and that this misunderstanding has adversely impacted the exegesis of several theologically significant texts. --from publisher description



9780820433424 082043342X

2008008760


Jesus Christ--Divinity.


Greek language, Biblical--Article.

BX5199.G736 2009