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- 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...
- 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
I'm a little confused. Steve has identified μάγοι ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν as focus but Stirling has it as topic.Randall Tan wrote:This agrees with Stirling's reply to you.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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·
- January 10th, 2013, 3:39 am
- Forum: What does this text mean?
- Topic: "DIA" - Is the Rendering "on account of" justified?
- Replies: 9
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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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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...