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by Stephen Carlson
January 15th, 2013, 5:13 pm
Forum: Pragmatics and Discourse
Topic: Matthew 2 - a Discourse Analysis question
Replies: 17
Views: 8697

Re: Matthew 2 - a Discourse Analysis question

Some confusion might arise over assigning Topic Function to discourse new & hearer new information. As Helma Dik (2007:29-30) points out, a discourse Topic can be new information. She cites an example from Herodotus. Herodotus 7.62.2 Κίσσιοι δὲ στρατευόμενοι τὰ μὲν ἄλλα κατά περ Πέρσαι ἐσκευάδα...
by Stephen Carlson
January 15th, 2013, 3:33 am
Forum: Pragmatics and Discourse
Topic: Matthew 2 - a Discourse Analysis question
Replies: 17
Views: 8697

Re: Matthew 2 - a Discourse Analysis question

Randall Tan wrote:This agrees with Stirling's reply to you.
I'm a little confused. Steve has identified μάγοι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν as focus but Stirling has it as topic.
by Stephen Carlson
January 14th, 2013, 7:35 pm
Forum: Pragmatics and Discourse
Topic: Matthew 2 - a Discourse Analysis question
Replies: 17
Views: 8697

Re: Matthew 2 - a Discourse Analysis question

I would have thought that ἰδοὺ μάγοι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν παρεγένοντο εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα is all-comment (thetic / presentation), though this is not treated in Nick Bailey's dissertation on NT thetics.
by Stephen Carlson
January 11th, 2013, 6:53 am
Forum: Word Meanings
Topic: meaning of θριαμβεύω in 2 Cor 2:14
Replies: 2
Views: 1766

Re: meaning of θριαμβεύω in 2 Cor 2:14

BDAG has a detailed article on this verb, in the NT only here and in Col 2:15. Basically, there are six different possible interpretations and they all have problems of one sort or another. BDAG seems to favor to "lead in a triumphal procession" as a captive, but the scholarship is very di...
by Stephen Carlson
January 10th, 2013, 1:17 pm
Forum: Word Meanings
Topic: meaning of θριαμβεύω in 2 Cor 2:14
Replies: 2
Views: 1766

Re: meaning of θριαμβεύω in 2 Cor 2:14

Questions about a passage should quote the relevant text. Here it is:
2 Cor 2:14 wrote:Τῷ δὲ θεῷ χάρις τῷ πάντοτε θριαμβεύοντι ἡμᾶς ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ καὶ τὴν ὀσμὴν τῆς γνώσεως αὐτοῦ φανεροῦντι δι’ ἡμῶν ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ·
by Stephen Carlson
January 10th, 2013, 3:39 am
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: "DIA" - Is the Rendering "on account of" justified?
Replies: 9
Views: 2542

Re: "DIA" - Is the Rendering "on account of" justified?

I'm a little mystified by the question in this thread. In the introductory Greek textbooks I taught with, "on account of" (or "because of") is the standard gloss for διά + accusative. I realize that most translations go with "for the sake of" but the way that the questi...
by Stephen Carlson
January 9th, 2013, 6:17 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: JSNT Review Article on C. Campbell's Basics of Verbal Aspect
Replies: 0
Views: 2634

JSNT Review Article on C. Campbell's Basics of Verbal Aspect

The December 2012 issue of the Journal for the Study of the New Testament has a review article on Constantine Campbell's book, The Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek by Robert Crellin. This review treats both Campbell’s book Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek specifically as well as his...
by Stephen Carlson
January 9th, 2013, 2:37 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: Acts 13:48 - Subordinate Clause
Replies: 15
Views: 5804

Re: Acts 13:48 - Subordinate Clause

A question, grammatically speaking, can τεταγμενοι be either middle or passive voice or is it pretty certain that it is to be taken as passive (or middle)? As I suggested earlier, it is grammatically underdetermined whether it is "passive" or "middle" because the middle-passive ...
by Stephen Carlson
January 8th, 2013, 11:45 am
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: Acts 13:48 - Subordinate Clause
Replies: 15
Views: 5804

Re: Acts 13:48 - Subordinate Clause

Well, I can't tell just by looking at it whether ἡσαν τεταγμενοι is a passive or middle. The middle-passive form means that the subject was affected (i.e. was the patient or theme of this verb) but it does not say anything about the agent. Here again, I fear the temptation is too great to go beyond ...
by Stephen Carlson
January 7th, 2013, 5:15 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: Acts 13:48 - Subordinate Clause
Replies: 15
Views: 5804

Re: Acts 13:48 - Subordinate Clause

I don't see any causation in the sentence, in either direction. This is a famous proof-text in the Calvinist-Arminian debate and trying to see how causation fits into it seems to me to be going beyond the meaning of the Greek text and into the realm of systematic theology. Let's keep the focus on th...

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