Marking Thought and Talk in New Testament Greek.
This book uses insights from a modern theory of communication, Relevance Theory, to examine the function of the particle i(/na [SET IN SpIonic] in New Testament Greek. It claims that the particle does not have a lexical meaning of ""in order that, "" contrary to accepted wisdom,...
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Havertown, United States :
James Clarke & Co,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; 1.1 Background to Study; 1.2 Problem to be Addressed; 1.3 Review of Scholarly Opinion; 1.3.1 Classical Greek
- Grammars; 1.3.2 Koine Greek; 1.3.2.1 TRADITIONAL GRAMMARS; 1.3.2.2 PARTICULAR PROPOSALS FOR THE USE OF hina; 1.3.2.3 ANALYSIS PRESENTED BY GREEK GRAMMARIANS; 1.4 Corpus; 1.5 Theoretical Basis for Book; 1.6 Arrangement of Chapters; 1.7 Summary; CHAPTER 2. Theoretical Basis for Study; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Relevance Theory; 2.2.1 General Background.
- 2.2.2 Delineation of Theory2.2.2.1 INFERENCES; 2.2.2.2 HOW INFERENCES ARE SAID TO BE DRAWN; 2.2.2.3 CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATION; 2.2.2.4 UNDERDETERMINACY; 2.2.2.4.1 SHARED CONTEXTUAL ASSUMPTIONS; 2.2.2.4.2 UNDERDETERMINACY IN PARTICIPLES; 2.2.2.4.3 UNDERDETERMINACY IN PARTICLES; 2.2.2.5 METAREPRESENTATION; 2.2.2.6 PROCEDURAL MARKERS; 2.2.2.7 OSTENSIVE BEHAVIOUR; 2.3 Purpose or Intention in Koine; 2.4 Summary; CHAPTER 3. Independent Clauses Introduced by hina; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Use of hina to Give an Answer to a Question; 3.3 Question and Answer by the Same Speaker.
- 3.3.1 Examples from Polybius and Epictetus3.3.2 New Testament Examples; 3.4 Expressing Desire and Intention; 3.4.1 Johannine Examples; 3.4.2 Examples from Orators and Rhetoricians; 3.4.2.1 DEMOSTHENES; 3.4.2.2 DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS; 3.4.3 Examples from Septuagint and Non-Literary Papyri; 3.4.3.1 SEPTUAGINT; 3.4.3.2 EXAMPLES FROM THE PAPYRI; 3.4.4 Examples from the Epistles; 3.5 Introducing a Quotation from the Old Testament; 3.6 Indicating Speaker's Interpretation; 3.7 Reporting the Thoughts or Speech of Others; 3.8 Summary; CHAPTER 4. Requests, Commands, Prayers Introduced by hina.
- 4.1 Introduction4.2 Authorial Choice; Table 1; 4.3. Synoptic Examples in Indirect Command; 4.3.1 Healing of Jairus' Daughter; Matthew 9:18; Mark 5:23; Luke 8:41, 42; 4.3.1.1 MATTHEW 9:18; 4.3.1.2 MARK 5:23; 4.3.1.3 LUKE 8:41, 42; 4.3.1.4 CONCLUSION; 4.3.2 The Healing of a Boy with a Demon: Matthew 17:15, 16; Mark 9:17, 18; Luke 9:38, 40; 4.3.2.1 MATTHEW 17:15, 16; 4.3.2.2 MARK 9:17, 18.; 4.3.2.3 LUKE 9:38, 40; 4.3.2.4 CONCLUSION; 4.3.3 The Healing of the Demon Possessed Man: Matthew 8:34; Mark 5:17; Luke 8:37; 4.3.3.1 MATTHEW 8:34; 4.3.3.2 MARK 5:17; 4.3.3.3 LUKE 8:37.
- 4.3.3.4 CONCLUSION4.3.4 Authorial Choice in Same Context; 4.4 Examples from Literary Koine; 4.4.1 Examples from Dionysius of Halicarnassus; 4.4.2 Examples from Polybius; 4.4.3 Examples from Epictetus; 4.5 Summary; CHAPTER 5. Noun Clauses Introduced by hina; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Review of Metarepresentation; 5.3 Explication of a Noun, Adjective or Demonstrative; 5.3.1 Adjectives in Stative Clauses; 5.3.1.1 NEW TESTAMENT EXAMPLES; 5.3.1.2 EXAMPLES FROM THE DISCOURSES OF EPICTETUS; 5.3.2 Nouns and Demonstratives in Stative Clauses; 5.3.3 Nouns in Non-Stative Clauses Complemented by hina Clauses.