Marking Thought and Talk in New Testament Greek

by Sim, Margaret G.; Hurtado, Larry W.

• ISBN13: 9781610970891
• ISBN10: 1610970896
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Pickwick Pubns

Summary

This book uses insights from a modern theory of communication, Relevance Theory, to examine the function of the particle $$$ in New Testament Greek. It claims that the particle does not have a lexical meaning of "in order that", contrary to accepted wisdom, but that it alerts the reader to expect an interpretation of the thought or attitude of the implied speaker or author. Evidence is adduced from pagan Greek and in particular the writings of Polybius, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and Epictetus, as well as the New Testament. The implications of this claim give an opportunity for a fresh interpretation of many problematic texts. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Margaret G. Sim is an International Translation Consultant with SIL and has been lecturing in New Testament at Africa International University since 1992.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Abbreviations	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Background to Study	p. 1
Problem to be Addressed	p. 2
Review of Scholarly Opinion	p. 4
Classical Greek - Grammars	p. 4
Koine Greek	p. 5
Traditional Grammars	p. 6
Particular Proposals for the use of $$$¿¿	p. 11
Analysis Presented by Greek Grammarians	p. 13
Corpus	p. 15
Theoretical Basis for Book	p. 15
Arrangement of Chapters	p. 17
Summary	p. 20
Theoretical Basis for Study	p. 21
Introduction	p. 21
Relevance Theory	p. 22
General Background	p. 22
Delineation of Theory	p. 24
Inferences	p. 25
How Inferences are said to be drawn	p. 27
Conditions for Successful Communication	p. 28
Underdeterminacy	p. 29
Shared Contextual Assumptions	p. 30
Underdeterminacy in Participles	p. 31
Underdeterminacy in Particles	p. 32
Metarepresentation	p. 32
Procedural Makers	p. 37
Ostensive Behaviour	p. 39
Purpose or Intention in Koine	p. 40
Summary	p. 41
Independent Clauses Introduced by $$$¿¿	p. 43
Introduction	p. 43
Use of $$$¿¿ to Give an Answer to Question	p. 46
Question and Answer by the Same Speaker	p. 48
Examples from Polybius and Epictetus	p. 49
New Testament Examples	p. 51
Expressing Desire and Intention	p. 54
Johannine Examples	p. 54
Examples from Orators and Rhetoricians	p. 57
Demosthenes	p. 58
Dionysius of Halicarnassus	p. 58
Examples from Septuagint and Non-Literary Papyri	p. 59
Septuagint	p. 59
Examples from Papyri	p. 59
Examples from the Epistles	p. 61
Introducing a Quotation from the Old Testament	p. 64
Indicating Speaker's Interpretation	p. 68
Reporting the Thoughts or Speech of Others	p. 71
Summary	p. 73
Requests, Commands, Prayers Introduced by $$$¿¿	p. 75
Introduction	p. 75
Authorial Choice	p. 77
	p. 79
Synoptic Examples in Indirect Commands	p. 81
Healing of Jairus' Daughter	p. 81
Matthew 9:18	p. 82
Mark 5:23	p. 82
Luke 8:41, 42	p. 83
Conclusion	p. 84
The Healing of a Boy with a Demon	p. 85
Matthew 17:15, 16	p. 85
Mark 9:17, 18	p. 86
Luke 9:38, 40	p. 87
Conclusion	p. 88
The Healing of the Demon Possessed Man	p. 88
Matthew 8:34	p. 89
Mark 5:17	p. 89
Luke 8:37	p. 90
Conclusion	p. 91
Authorial Choice in Same Context	p. 91
Examples from Literary Koine	p. 92
Examples from Dionysius of Halicarnassus	p. 93
Examples from Polybius	p. 94
Examples from Epictetus	p. 95
Summary	p. 97
Noun Clauses Introduced by $$$¿¿	p. 99
Introduction	p. 99
Review of Metarepresentation	p. 100
Explication of a Noun, Adjective or Demonstrative	p. 102
Adjectives in Stative Clauses	p. 103
New Testament Examples	p. 103
Examples from the Discourses of Epictetus	p. 105
Nouns and Demonstratives in Stative Clauses	p. 107
Nouns in Non-Stative Clauses Complemented by $$$¿¿ Clauses	p. 107
New Testament Examples	p. 110
Examples from Dionysius of Halicarnassus	p. 111
Noun Clauses with Impersonal Verbs	p. 112
Noun Clauses which Function as Object of Main Verb	p. 115
Examples from the New Testament	p. 116
Examples from Epictetus	p. 119
Prophetic Utterance Introduced by $$$¿¿	p. 121
Summary	p. 123
Purpose Clauses Introduced by $$$¿¿	p. 126
Introduction	p. 126
Purpose as Indicating Intention, and Beyond	p. 127
The Role of Context in Interpreting $$$¿¿	p. 129
Purpose Attributed	p. 132
Author's Acknowledged Attribution of Intent	p. 133
Representation of Intention of Subject	p. 134
Purpose from Observable Behaviour	p. 136
Interpretation of Behaviour Patterns	p. 137
Attribution of Intention Without Evidence	p. 140
Other Ways of Expressing Purpose	p. 142
Disputed Purpose Clauses	p. 144
Summary	p. 148
Investigating $$$¿¿	p. 150
Introduction	p. 150
Classical Greek	p. 150
Direct Speech	p. 150
Indirect Speech	p. 151
Causal Clauses	p. 152
Koine Greek	p. 153
Direct Speech	p. 153
Indirect Speech	p. 156
Examples from Epictetus and Polybius	p. 157
Examples from the New Testament	p. 160
Causal Clauses	p. 163
Examples from Epictetus and Polybius	p. 163
Examples from New Testament	p. 166
Summary	p. 172
Diachronic Use of $$$¿¿	p. 174
Introduction	p. 174
Classical Greek 500-300 BCE	p. 175
	p. 177
Hellenistic Greek 300-150 BCE	p. 178
Graeco-Roman 150 BCE to 300 CE	p. 181
Separation of Registers	p. 181
High Level of Language: Dionysius and Luke-Acts	p. 182
More Colloquial: Epictetus and Paul	p. 184
Trends in Hellenistic Becoming More Marked	p. 186
General Linguistic Changes	p. 187
Phonetic Changes	p. 187
Syntactic Changes	p. 188
Language of the New Testament	p. 189
	p. 191
Explanations Advanced for Use of $$$¿¿ in New Testament	p. 191
Modern Greek	p. 192
Summary	p. 194
Conclusion	p. 196
Introduction	p. 196
A Relevance Theoretic Approach to $$$¿¿	p. 197
A Lexical Meaning for $$$¿¿?	p. 197
Taxonomic Approach to $$$¿¿	p. 199
The Combination of $$$¿¿ and a Subjunctive Verb	p. 200
Diachronic Change in the Use and Frequency of $$$¿¿	p. 202
Interpretation of $$$¿¿ Clauses	p. 203
Implications of Hypothesis	p. 203
Implications for Interpretation	p. 204
The Combination of $$$¿¿ and ¿¿¿¿$$$	p. 204
'Imperatival' $$$¿¿	p. 206
$$$¿¿ with a Following $$$¿¿ Clause	p. 207
Causal $$$¿¿	p. 208
$$$¿¿ Introducing 'Result' Clauses	p. 210
Implications for Teaching New Testament Greek	p. 212
Concluding Comments and Future Research	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 215
Scripture and Ancient Sources Index	p. 221
Author Index	p. 225
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