Putting the Pieces Together

Formalizing Units and Structures in the Biblical Languages

Stanley E. Porter, Christopher D. Land, James D. Dvorak

• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9798385221905, 9798385221912
• eBook ISBN: 9798385221929
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Languages consist of a wide variety of interesting elements, many of which have not yet been fully described or explored. In this book, written by experts in Hebrew and Greek, various elements of the Hebrew and especially Greek languages are described and analyzed for their possible theoretical and practical implications for exegesis of the Bible. The topics range from the various linguistic theories used within biblical linguistics to focused studies upon syntactical markers, nominal elements, the various functions of language, and register studies. Specialists will discover challenging studies, and interested explorers will be challenged to learn more about ancient Hebrew and Greek.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• List of Contributors
• Preface
• List of Abbreviations
• Putting the Pieces Together
• Chapter 1: Linguistic Theory in Hebrew and Greek Language Study
• Chapter 2: A Systemic Account of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions
• Chapter 3: Chaining and Wrapping
• Chapter 4: A Multi-Dimensional Model of the System of Conjunction for the Greek of the New Testament
• Chapter 5: “It’s Probably Untrue, but It Wouldn’t Matter Anyway”
• Chapter 6: Defining Definers
• Chapter 7: A Method for Identifying Speech Functions in Koine Greek
• Chapter 8: Information Structure in the Greek of the New Testament
• Chapter 9: Cohesive Harmony in Acts 15:1–35
• Chapter 10: A Proposal for Systemic Functional Linguistics Register Theory as a Septuagint Commentary Writing Tool