Das Buch Hiob besteht aus ganz unterschiedlichen literarischen Schichten, die von den verschiedenen theologischen Richtungen verfasst und allmählich kanonisiert wurden [von der ersten Stufe (Leiden als Schicksal eines Menschen) bis zur Endstufe (Hoffnung an dem Leben nach dem Tod)]. Zweifellos ist der Endtext trotz seiner längeren Endstehungsgeschichte eine planvolle Komposition.
A translation, revision, and expansion of the German work Sprachlicher Schluessel Zum Griechischen Neuen Testament. Provides grammatical identification of words with information concerning their voice, tense, case, or mood. Provides concise definitions of more importand words in each verse according to context.
The Greek grammar, newly revised and reset for the second edition, which is also available in paperback, can be used as an instructive handbook, as an intermediate level textbook and as a basic reference work to New Testament Greek. The major topics of Greek grammar are treated in a useful pedagodical sequence. Among the innovative treatments are those on tense and aspect, Mood and Attitude, co…
New edition of widely-acclaimed textbook, including new sections on up-to-date topics for the 1990s.
This study draws a number of disciplines together from a Bible translation perspective. It offers a thorough semantic analysis of selected Hebrew lexical items referring to negative moral behaviour in the book of Isaiah, and discusses the implications of the analysis for Hebrew lexicography. The book first offers a critical appraisal of componential analysis of meaning, followed by a number of …
Anyone who writes an up-to-date textbook of semantics has to be au fait with an extremely wide range of contemporary academic activity. John Lyons' new book demonstrates a remarkable ability to achieve such catholicity of expertise...