In this book, Constantine R. Campbell investigates the function of verbal aspect within New Testament Greek narrative. He argues that the primary role of verbal aspect in narrative is to delineate and shape the various 'discourse strands' of which it is constructed, such as mainline, offline, and direct discourse. Campbell accounts for this function in terms of the semantic value of each tense-…
Meeting the need for a textbook for classroom use after first year Hebrew grammar, Waltke and O'Connor integrate the results of modern linguistic study of Hebrew and years of experience teaching the subject in this book. In addition to functioning as a teaching grammar, this work will also be widely used for reference and self-guided instruction in Hebrew beyond the first formal year. Extensive…
A thoroughgoing revision of the author's practical and widely-used Greek grammar, this book provides a grasp of the principles of Greek grammar that are meaningful in exegesis. The book includes new material from further years of teaching and research and an added Scripture index.
This text presents 44 lessons and many exercises that introduce the elements of Greek essential to theological students reading the New Testament (in Greek). The vocabulary (glossary) is of particular use, including every word which appears more than 30 times in the New Testament.
The author looks at varieties of language and considers these in relation to communication and task-based language learning.
God in Translation offers a substantial, extraordinarily broad survey of ancient attitudes toward deities, from the Late Bronze Age through ancient Israel and into the New Testament. Looking closely at relevant biblical texts and at their cultural contexts, Mark S. Smith demonstrates that the biblical attitude toward deities of other cultures is not uniformly negative, as is commonly supposed. …