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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