Research Catalog

Title

The language of the New Testament : context, history, and development / edited by Stanley E. Porter, Andrew W. Pitts.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Porter, Stanley E., 1956-
• Pitts, Andrew W.

Description

vi, 525 pages; 25 cm

Summary

In this book, Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts assemble an international team of scholars whose work has focused on the Greek language of the earliest Christians. Each essay moves forward the current understanding of the context, history or development of the language of the New Testament. The first section of the volume focuses on the social contexts and registers that provide the environment for language use and selection. The second section deals with issues surrounding the history of the Greek language and how its development has impacted the Greek found within the New Testament.

Series Statement

• Linguistic biblical studies, 1877-7554 ; v. 6
• Early Christianity in its Hellenistic context ; v. 3

Uniform Title

• Linguistic biblical studies ; v. 6.
• Texts and editions for New Testament study. Early Christianity in its hellenistic context ; v. 3

Subjects

• Bible > Language, style
• Greek language, Biblical
• Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The language of the New Testament and its history : an introductory essay / Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts -- Some implications of bilingualism for New Testament exegesis / Jonathan M. Watt -- What can we learn about Greek grammar from a mosaic? / Stanley E. Porter -- Markan idiolect in the study of the Greek of the New Testament / Rodney J. Decker -- A linguistic-cultural approach to alleged Pauline and Lukan christological disparity / Frederick William Danker -- Atticism, classicism, and Luke-Acts : discussions with Albert Wifstrand and Loveday Alexander / Sean A. Adams -- Roman imperial rule under the authority of Jupiter-Zeus : political-religious contexts and the interpretation of 'the ruler of the authority of the air' in Ephesians 2:2 / Fredrick J. Long -- The Prague School of linguistics and its influence on New Testament language studies / Jan H. Nylund -- A brief history of ancient Greek with a view to the New Testament / Jonathan M. Watt -- Varieties of the Greek language / Christopher D. Land -- Greek case in the Hellenistic and Byzantine grammarians / Andrew W. Pitts -- The Atticist grammarians / John A.L. Lee -- Greek word order and clause structure : a comparative study of some New Testament corpora / Andrew W. Pitts -- The function of the imperfect tense in Mark's Gospel / Rodney J. Decker -- A comparison of the usages of [didōmi] and [didōmi] compounds in the Septuagint and New Testament / Paul Danove -- Grammatical developments of Greek in Roman Egypt significant for the New Testament / Francis Gignac -- The disclosure formula in the epistolary papyri and in the New Testament : development, form, function, and syntax / Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts -- Seeing the kingdom of God, seeing eternal life : cohesion and prominence in John 3:1-15 and the Apocryphal Gospels in terms of metaphor use / Beth M. Stovell.

Call Number

JFE 16-6115

ISBN

• 9789004234772
• 9004234772
• 9004236406
• 9789004236400
• 9789004236400 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2012046196

OCLC

824530829

Title

The language of the New Testament : context, history, and development / edited by Stanley E. Porter, Andrew W. Pitts.

Publisher

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Linguistic biblical studies, 1877-7554 ; v. 6

Early Christianity in its Hellenistic context ; v. 3

Linguistic biblical studies ; v. 6.

Texts and editions for New Testament study. Early Christianity in its hellenistic context ; v. 3

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Porter, Stanley E., 1956- editor.

Pitts, Andrew W., editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-6115